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How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays

byKiese Laymon

Focused on essays, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America brings Kiese Laymon's science narrative to a complex and consequential subject. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of literary collections and literary criticism. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. Together, these elements make How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America an accessible guide to the subject and the questions it continues to raise.

Publisher

Scribner

Publication date

Nov 10, 2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

176

ISBN

9781982170820