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Heavy was the most recently released book by Kiese Laymon, on October 16th, 2018.
Kiese Laymon Stats: The highest rated book by Kiese Laymon on Book Notification is How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, a Non-Fiction book. The second-highest rated book is Heavy, a Non-Fiction book.
The most read book by Kiese Laymon on Book Notification is How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is Heavy, a Non-Fiction book.
Below is a complete list of Kiese Laymon books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.
Kiese Laymon was born on August 15th, 1974 and is currently 49 years old. Kiese Laymon was born in Jackson, Mississippi, USA. Laymon attended Oberlin College where he received a BA and Indiana University where he received an MFA.
Kiese Laymon is probably best known for his Non-Fiction Books. There are currently 2 books available. The first was released in 2013 with the novel How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. The most recently released novel was Heavy which was released in 2018. There are no upcoming non-fiction books by Kiese at this time.
Kiese is/has been the Libbie Shearn Moody Professor of Creative Writing and English at Rice University, and a faculty member of Vassar College, and the University of Mississippi.
Kiese was named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow for his writing across genres, offering the honest perspective of a Black man from the Southern United States.
Laymon's book, Heavy was nominated for the Kirkus Prize, Best Nonfiction Book, in 2018.
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