Person · Writer, Novelist
Kiese Laymon
American writer
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Kiese Laymon is an American writer. Born 1974 in Jackson. Associated with Vassar College.
Worksilver
- Vassar Collegenow
Educationsilver
- Oberlin College
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Jackson State University
- Millsaps College
Awards and worksilver
- MacArthur Fellows Program2022
- William Saroyan International Prize for Writing2014
Notable work
- Heavy: An American Memoir
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Questions about this record
- Who is Kiese Laymon?
- Kiese Laymon is an American writer. Born 1974 in Jackson. Associated with Vassar College.
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- DGP-RF0YR04AVA9V is the permanent Data Galactica ID for this record of Kiese Laymon. The Wikidata id Q16214941 resolves to it.