# Kiese Laymon
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kiese laymon (born August 15, 1974) is an American writer, editor and a professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi. He is the author of three full-length books: a novel, Long Division (2013), and two memoirs, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (2013) and Heavy (2018). Laymon's work deals with American racism, feminism, family, masculinity, geography, Hip-hop and Southern black life.
The True Confessions of Sexual Health wth Deesha Philyaw
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Who is Kiese Laymon?
Kiese Laymon is a celebrated Black American writer and educator from Mississippi whose work confronts race, family trauma, and toxic masculinity with honesty. His books, including the memoir Heavy, the time-traveling novel Long Division, and the essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Othe…
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A Palestinian Memoir
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