How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays

Kiese Laymon

176 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced

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A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the "star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful" (NPR). Br...

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