Minnesota State Write Like Us Presents Author Kiese Laymon!

Write Like Us is proud to present memoirist, essayist, novelist, and cultural critic Kiese Laymon, author of the award-winning memoir Heavy, the groundbreaking essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, and the genre-defying novel Long Division, for a free public reading and interview. Laymon will read from his creative work, followed by an interview by Michael Kleber-Diggs, author of Worldly Things.

Tickets are free and open to the public. An ASL interpreter will be provided at the event and visible in the webinar. If you need other accommodation requests, please send an email by April 21, 2022 to writelikeus@minnstate.edu.

Write Like Us is an equity-based creative writing program at five Twin Cities metro-area community colleges.. Write Like Us centers and celebrates the work of BIPOC writers and writing students, fostering literary mentorship and leadership as it builds a platform for shared stories, voices, and lived experiences.