How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Paperback)

from Smokler

Great stuff. A first book to be sure and some of the pieces don't belong in here. But Kiese Laymon on race, pop culture and family, I'd follow anywhere. When do we get essay collection the second?

from rivkat

Laymon writes of his Mississippi childhood, of learning how being black was probable cause and how the worst of white folks always put him at risk, of hip-hop, and other topics in this essay collection. I really like people who try to use techniques from one genre in another, so I was intrigued w...

from quiBee

This series of essays by African American writer Kiese Laymon makes for very uncomfortable reading. Among other things, he looks at growing up in Mississippi and he looks at race and racism in America. The fact that people of colour are always "on parole" strikes home particularly because of the ...

from AngelaLam

I discovered Laymon in Scratch and laughed out loud over the frustrations of the publishing business. Before I finished the essay, "You Are the Second Person," I ordered all of his books from Copperfield, my locally owned bookstore. Heart achingly true but told with wit, grace, and wisdom, these ...

from AngelaLam

I discovered Laymon in Scratch and laughed out loud over the frustrations of the publishing business. Before I finished the essay, "You Are the Second Person," I ordered all of his books from Copperfield, my locally owned bookstore. Heart achingly true but told with wit, grace, and wisdom, these ...