I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways.
Kiese LaymonI'm accountable - this sounds emo - to black American writing, Southern writing, Southern black American writing, American writing and my people. That's kind of what keeps me accountable.
Kiese LaymonI'm interested in how the confessional is so abrasively critiqued today. I'm not really comfortable with simply confessing but I do think "confessing" is a major part of reckoning.
Kiese Laymon