Author Event: Kiese Laymon, "Long Division" & "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America"

The Sociology Race Workshop welcomes Professor Kiese Laymon for a book reading and discussion. Light refreshments will be provided prior to the talk. Kiese Laymon is a black southern writer, born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi. Laymon is the author of the two books out this year, a novel, Long Division (Agate Bolden) and a collection of autobiographical essays, How To Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (Agate Bolden). Laymon has written essays and stories for numerous publications including Gawker, ESPN.com, and Esquire.com. He is a contributing editor at Gawker and frequently blogs at kieselaymon.com. Laymon is an associate professor of English and co-director of Africana Studies at Vassar College. \n\nReviews of Long Division:"Long Division is one of those books that I picked up and just couldn't stop reading...powerful, a classic American novel." -Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation and Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop