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ⓘ About Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon is a popular novelist from the United States, who is popular for writing science fiction, time travel, feminism novels and poetry. He is particularly famous for writing novels like Long Division, Bone, Scratch, The Fire This Time, How to Slowly Kill Yourself & Others in America. In addition to being a noteworthy novelist, he is also a renowned editor as well as a professor of Creative Writing and English at the Mississippi University. The works of author Laymon often deal with the topics of feminism, masculinity, American racism, geography, family, Hip-Hop, and black life in the Southern states. Laymon maintains a blog called Cold Drank on which his essays, short fiction works, provocations feature very often.
All Book Series by Kiese Laymon
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2013
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
Book 3 of 6 · published 2019
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kiese Laymon?
Kiese Laymon is a popular novelist from the United States, who is popular for writing science fiction, time travel, feminism novels and poetry. He is particularly famous for writing novels like Long Division, Bone, Scratch, The Fire This Time, How to Slowly Kill Yourself & Others in America. In addition to being a noteworthy novelist, he is also a renowned editor as well as a professor of Creative Writing and English at the Mississippi University.
Which Kiese Laymon series should I start with?
Kiese Laymon's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Long Division (2013).
How many books has Kiese Laymon written?
Kiese Laymon has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2013 and 2023. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Anthologies, Non-Fiction and Standalone Novels.
In what order should Kiese Laymon's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 9 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Kiese Laymon's books organised into series?
This guide splits Kiese Laymon's 9 books into categories rather than numbered series: Anthologies (6 books); Non-Fiction (2 books); Standalone Novels (1 book).