kiese laymon

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kiese laymon

literature

Things I Read That I Love #110: That Room With The Ashtrays and The Stereo and The Bed Sheet

Topics include Saturday Night Live in the mid-90s, the cannibal cop, “Satanic Ritual Abuse,” abortion, being Korean and American, Tonya Harding and moar!

Riese —

Jan 17, 2014

#longreads

kiese laymon

literature

140 Longform Pieces You Can Read And Love

140 articles and essays to read and save and love, in celebration of the 100th edition of “Things I Read That I Love”

Riese —

Nov 8, 2013

kiese laymon

lez liberty lit

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #28: Reviewing Reviews of Reviews

Vintage comics, the Scholastic Reading Club, forgotten words, international bookstore porn, intersectionality and more.

Ryan Yates —

Sep 6, 2013

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gay marriage

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Also.Also.Also: My Mutha’s The Gay, Female Weezy

This week, OINTB continues a takeover while Michelle Tea keeps on being amazing.

Carmen —

Aug 21, 2013

#longreads

kiese laymon

literature

Things I Read That I Love #88: Whatever Was Shattered That Day

Topics include Kiese Laymon, black dolls, police stealing your shit, health care, strong female characters, asset forfeiture, the poorest rich kids in the world and death.

Riese —

Aug 16, 2013

kiese laymon

lez liberty lit

literature

Lez Liberty Lit #26: Summertime, and The Reading is Easy

The books of Orange is the New Black, diversity in kids’ books, heroic librarians, subtle ways of convincing those around you to read your favorite childhood novels and more.

Ryan Yates —

Aug 8, 2013

#longreads

kiese laymon

literature

Things I Read That I Love #85: Cut-Out Dolls For Grown-Up Girls

Topics include Shirley Jackson, paper dolls, disaster reporting in Haiti, HIV/AIDS, the Worst of White Folks, Rick James, exes on social media, working at a men’s magazine and more!

Riese —

Jul 26, 2013

#longreads

kiese laymon

literature

Things I Read That I Love #82: I Hate The Word “Bitch” But I’ve Used It So Many Times In My Head When I’m Thinking About You

Topics include food fluffers, music in prison, abortion, video games, “The Room,” publishing black literary fiction, picky eaters and so much more!

Riese —

Jul 5, 2013