Conversations with Kiese Laymon Urban A provocative meditation on race

A provocative meditation on race

and book banning while weaving together a moving testament to family

to working through situations of dependence and abuse

and the universal journey of finding where one belongs

to trust her feelings when her father remarried

Conversations with Kiese Laymon Urban A provocative meditation on raceIn over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian. Interviews capture surprising insights into Laymon's life and craft. Within these pages, Laymon talks about his engagement with other writers, including Richard Wright, William Faulkner, and Eudora Welty. These revelations situate his memoir, Heavy, among other great