Long Division has a lot of Afrosurrealist impulses. I think the book was more Afrofuturist when it was like 700 pages.
First of all, the novel should be a critique of the novels that have come before it in a language that broadens the audience of American literature. … - Kiese Laymon
First of all, the novel should be a critique of the novels that have come before it in a language that broadens the audience of American literature. …
- Kiese Laymon
I'm not good enough as a person and definitely not good enough as a writer. - Kiese Laymon
I'm not good enough as a person and definitely not good enough as a writer.
I'm interested in how the confessional is so abrasively critiqued today. I'm not really comfortable with simply confessing but I do think "confessing… - Kiese Laymon
I'm interested in how the confessional is so abrasively critiqued today. I'm not really comfortable with simply confessing but I do think "confessing…
In essay writing, I'm trying to push the form of expository writing. I'm trying to remember, trying to reckon, trying to find connections with the wo… - Kiese Laymon
In essay writing, I'm trying to push the form of expository writing. I'm trying to remember, trying to reckon, trying to find connections with the wo…
I'm an obsessive writer who needs and loves revision. Writing helps me learn and helps me teach. - Kiese Laymon
I'm an obsessive writer who needs and loves revision. Writing helps me learn and helps me teach.
Black is not a vice. Nor is segregation a virtue. - Kiese Laymon
Black is not a vice. Nor is segregation a virtue.
One of the problems with a lot of "confessional" writing is that it starts and stops with the confessional and doesn't really tie the "I" into a "we"… - Kiese Laymon
One of the problems with a lot of "confessional" writing is that it starts and stops with the confessional and doesn't really tie the "I" into a "we"…
Not so deep down, we all know that safety is an illusion, that only character melds us together. That’s why most of us do everything we can (healthy … - Kiese Laymon
Not so deep down, we all know that safety is an illusion, that only character melds us together. That’s why most of us do everything we can (healthy …
I write two hours in the morning and two hours before bed no matter. No matter what. I also write during the day if I have to get something down, but… - Kiese Laymon
I write two hours in the morning and two hours before bed no matter. No matter what. I also write during the day if I have to get something down, but…
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