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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Laymon, Kiese
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- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
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- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781932841770
- Book Title
- How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Agate Publishing, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Social Science
- Topic
- American / African American, Sociology / General, General, Educators, Essays, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 8.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 144 Pages
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A collection of essays by a funny, scabrous, and wise new African-American literary voice from the American South.
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
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
American / African American, Sociology / General, General, Educators, Essays, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections, Social Science
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
8.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3612.A959z46 2013
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 Decimal
306.0973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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