{"product_id":"conversations-with-kiese-laymon-hardback-9781496858115","title":"Conversations with Kiese Laymon (Hardback) 9781496858115","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConversations with Kiese Laymon\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eConstance Bailey (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496858115\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn over a dozen interviews, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Kiese Laymon \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian. Interviews capture surprising insights about 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, \u003ci\u003eHeavy, \u003c\/i\u003eamong other great Mississippi autobiographies and memoirs, such as Anne Moody’s \u003ci\u003eComing of Age in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e, Welty’s \u003ci\u003eOne Writer’s Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e, Jesmyn Wards’s \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e, and Natasha Tretheway’s \u003ci\u003eMemorial Drive\u003c\/i\u003e. In other interviews, he discusses his obsession with revision and deftly fields questions about pop culture, politics, and Black masculinity, along with a host of other pressing contemporary issues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the first collection of its kind, \u003ci\u003eConversations with Kiese Laymon \u003c\/i\u003eserves as the perfect introduction to studying Laymon. The cross section of interviews included reflect Laymon’s humility, while simultaneously celebrating his accomplishments. Most importantly, the interviews reflect his stature as a major American literary figure. With topics ranging from hip-hop and family to politics and everything in between, this volume provides an unfiltered look at the prolific Southern writer in his own words.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eA Conversation with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eRoxane Gay \/ 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHypertext\u003c\/i\u003e Interview with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eSheree Greer \/ 2015\u003cbr\u003eHeavy Are the Words of Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuburn Avenue \u003c\/i\u003e\/ 2018\u003cbr\u003eWriting Back to History: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eMonet Patrice Thomas \/ 2018\u003cbr\u003e\"A Reckoning Is Different Than a Tell-All\": An Interview with Kiese Laymon \u003cbr\u003eAbigail Bereola \/ 2018\u003cbr\u003eKiese Laymon: \"Absent Fathers and Present Mothers\" \u003cbr\u003ePoppy Noor \/ 2018\u003cbr\u003e\"I Don’t Want People to Forget the Sentence\": An Interview with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eMeghan Brown \/ 2019\u003cbr\u003eThe People of Jackson Are Ready: Chokwe Antar Lumumba in Conversation with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eKiese Laymon \/ 2019\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Scott Peters for the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University\u003cbr\u003eScott Peters \/ 2020\u003cbr\u003eThe Flag and the Fury\u003cbr\u003eRadiolab\/WNYC Studios \/ 2020\u003cbr\u003eOn Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eApril Pejic \/ 2021\u003cbr\u003e\"Conjuring Love\": A Conversation with Kiese Laymon \u003cbr\u003eJane Ratcliffe \/ 2021\u003cbr\u003eKiese Laymon on Revision as Love and Love as Revision\u003cbr\u003eJordan Kisner \/ 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBayou Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Interview\u003cbr\u003eMarian Kaufman and Nora Seilheimer \/ 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSitting in Silence\u003c\/i\u003e: Special AWP Edition Interview with Kiese\u003cbr\u003eMaurice Carlos Ruffin \/ 2024\u003cbr\u003eFood for Thought: An Interview with Kiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eConstance Bailey \/ 2024\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607728058648,"sku":"9781496858115","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conversations-with-kiese-laymon-hardback-9781496858115","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}