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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon - BRAND NEW!!
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Era
- 2010s
- Signed
- No
- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781932841770
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Agate Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1932841776
ISBN-13
9781932841770
eBay Product ID (ePID)
160019168
Product Key Features
Book Title
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
American / African American, Sociology / General, General, Educators, Essays, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
PRAISE FOR KIESE LAYMON, HIS DEBUT NOVEL, LONG DIVISION, AND HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA:"[How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America] is not intended to serve as "a woe-is-we narrative" about the difficulties of being black in America or the South . . . or even an attempt to illuminate the taboo-amongst-black-folk subject of mental health--although both serve as narrative threads in Laymon's writing. Rather, it's an exercise in recalling memories." --Jackson Free Press"A novel within a novel--hilarious, moving and occasionally dizzying. . . . Laymon cleverly interweaves his narrative threads and connects characters in surprising and seemingly impossible ways. Laymon moves us dazzlingly (and sometimes bewilderingly) from 1964 to 1985 to 2013 and incorporates themes of prejudice, confusion and love rooted in an emphatically post-Katrina world." --Kirkus Reviews"Smart, exciting and energetic . . . the language romps and roars along through some truly wonderful comic scenes and yet the book doesn't hesitate to comment seriously on questions that matter to human beings everywhere, not just in rural Mississippi." --Victor LaValle, author of Big Machine and Slapboxing with Jesus"Laymon is a brilliant young writer . . . this is a book that sings in the heart but challenges readers to take careful consideration of the power of memory. Like the best of Hurston, Ellison, or Bambara, Laymon's craft flows on frequencies that both honor and extend the traditions those writers established." --William Henry Lewis, author of I Got Somebody in Staunton"The racial/ethical awareness is as complex as Coetzee's, and Laymon is just as good a writer. Laymon takes some real risks. I love the interplay of spirituality and sexuality. Nothing sounds forced, pandering or trendy. City, the husky citizen of the imagination, feels totally singular and totally representative. That's tough to pull off." --Tim Strode, author of Ethics of Exile, PRAISE FOR KIESE LAYMON, HIS DEBUT NOVEL, LONG DIVISION , AND HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA : "[ How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America ] is not intended to serve as "a woe-is-we narrative" about the difficulties of being black in America or the South...or even an attempt to illuminate the taboo-amongst-black-folk subject of mental health--although both serve as narrative threads in Laymon's writing. Rather, it's an exercise in recalling memories." -- Jackson Free Press "A novel within a novel--hilarious, moving and occasionally dizzying.... Laymon cleverly interweaves his narrative threads and connects characters in surprising and seemingly impossible ways. Laymon moves us dazzlingly (and sometimes bewilderingly) from 1964 to 1985 to 2013 and incorporates themes of prejudice, confusion and love rooted in an emphatically post-Katrina world." -- Kirkus Reviews "Smart, exciting and energetic...the language romps and roars along through some truly wonderful comic scenes and yet the book doesn't hesitate to comment seriously on questions that matter to human beings everywhere, not just in rural Mississippi." -- Victor LaValle, author of Big Machine and Slapboxing with Jesus "Laymon is a brilliant young writer...this is a book that sings in the heart but challenges readers to take careful consideration of the power of memory. Like the best of Hurston, Ellison, or Bambara, Laymon's craft flows on frequencies that both honor and extend the traditions those writers established." -- William Henry Lewis, author of I Got Somebody in Staunton "The racial/ethical awareness is as complex as Coetzee's, and Laymon is just as good a writer. Laymon takes some real risks. I love the interplay of spirituality and sexuality. Nothing sounds forced, pandering or trendy. City, the husky citizen of the imagination, feels totally singular and totally representative. That's tough to pull off." -- Tim Strode, author of Ethics of Exile, Laymon's skill is drawing the reader into such depths through perfectly distilled moments in time while giving an entire analysis on institutional racism, black-on-black crime, police brutality, parental love, and mental illness. He does all of this with an ear for dialect that mirrors Toni Cade Bambara's many Hazels or Alice Walker's Celie, and with an ability to reveal the humanity in everyone he writes about, reminiscent of Edward P. Jones' Lost in the City.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.0973
Synopsis
A collection of essays by a funny, scabrous, and wise new African-American literary voice from the American South., Author and essayist Kiese Laymon is one of the most unique, stirring, and powerful new voices in American writing. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is a collection of his essays, touching on subjects ranging from family, race, violence, and celebrity to music, writing, and coming of age in Mississippi. In this collection, Laymon deals in depth with his own personal story, which is filled with trials and reflections that illuminate under-appreciated aspects of contemporary American life. New and unexpected in contemporary American writing, Laymon's voice mixes the colloquial with the acerbic, while sharp insights and blast-furnace heat calls to mind a black 21st-century Mark Twain. Much like Twain, Laymon's writing is steeped in controversial issues both private and public. This collection introduces Laymon as a writer who balances volatile concepts on a razor's edge and chops up much-discussed and often-misunderstood topics with his scathing humor and fresh, unexpected takes on the ongoing absurdities, frivolities, and calamities of American life.
LC Classification Number
PS3612.A959Z46 2013
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