I'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 LaymonFirst of all, the novel should be a critique of the novels that have come before it in a language that broadens the audience of American literature. Second, it's really got to be invested in a number of what-if questions.
Kiese LaymonI'm also, than anything else, a teacher and a student. And without the four hours, I'm pretty monsterish. For real.
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