A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to
this edition and seven from the original edition, by the “star in
the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous,
honest, loving, and singularly beautiful” (NPR).
Brilliant and
uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself
and Others in America is essential reading. This new edition of
award-winning author Kiese Laymon’s first work of nonfiction looks
inward, drawing heavily on the author and his family’s experiences,
while simultaneously examining the world—Mississippi, the South,
the United States—that has shaped their lives. With subjects that
range from an interview with his mother to reflections on Ole Miss
football, Outkast, and the labor of Black women, these thirteen
insightful essays highlight Laymon’s profound love of language and
his artful rendering of experience, trumpeting why he is “simply
one of the most talented writers in America” (New York magazine).