Bibliograph

How to slowly kill yourself and others in America, essays, Kiese Laymon

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How to slowly kill yourself and others in America, essays, Kiese Laymon

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to slowly kill yourself and others in America

Oclc number

1184237030

Responsibility statement

Kiese Laymon

Sub title

essays

Summary

Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. This new edition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon<U+2019>s first work of nonfiction looks inward, drawing heavily on the author and his family<U+2019>s experiences, while simultaneously examining the world<U+2014>Mississippi, the South, the United States<U+2014>that has shaped their lives. With subjects that range from an interview with his mother to reflections on Ole Miss football, Outkast, and the labor of Black women, these thirteen insightful essays highlight Laymon<U+2019>s profound love of language and his artful rendering of experience, trumpeting why he is “simply one of the most talented writers in America” (New York magazine).--, Amazon.com

Table Of Contents

Author's note #2 -- Mississippi : an awakening, in days -- What I pledge allegiance to -- Da art of storytellin' (a prequel) -- How they do in Oxford -- Hey Mama : an essay in emails -- Echo : Mychal, Darnell, Kiese, Kai, and Marlon -- Daydreaming with D'Andre Brown -- You are the second person -- Hip hop stole my Southern black boy -- Our kind of ridiculous -- How to slowly kill yourself and others in America -- The worst of white folk -- You will never know

Target audience

adult

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