The acclaimed novelist and essayist Kiese Laymon will visit campus on Monday, October 10th at 7:30 PM for a reading, Q&A, and book-signing in Klingenstein Lounge as part of the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. The acclaimed novelist and essayist Kiese Laymon will visit campus on Monday, October 10th at 7:30 PM for a reading, Q&A, and book-signing in Klingenstein Lounge as part of the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series.
Kiese Laymon is the author of the novel Long Division and the collection of essays How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, both published by Agate in 2013. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Laymon graduated from Oberlin College and earned an MFA from Indiana University. His essays, stories, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including Esquire, Colorlines, NPR, The Los Angeles Times, Oxford American, Guernica, and three editions of The Best American Essays. He teaches at the University of Mississippi and has two books forthcoming from Scribner in 2017: a memoir, Heavy; and a novel, And So On.
The Michigan Quarterly Review said of his work, "Kiese Laymon is an amazing, courageous and brave novelist and essayist...Laymon fiercely tackles issues of prejudice, adolescence and love with a swagger and confidence all his own."
Read more about Kiese Laymon at kieselaymon.com and about the Distinguished Visiting Writers Series at ithaca.edu/dvw. Visit the IC event site here.
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