How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance  By Kiese Laymon  “I’m a walking regret, a truth-teller, a liar, a survivor, a frowning ellipsis, a witness, a dreamer, a teacher, a student, a joker, a writer whose eyes stay red, and I’m a child of this nation.” (photo by Jim Cooke)

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: A Remembrance 

By Kiese Laymon 

“I’m a walking regret, a truth-teller, a liar, a survivor, a frowning ellipsis, a witness, a dreamer, a teacher, a student, a joker, a writer whose eyes stay red, and I’m a child of this nation.”

(photo by Jim Cooke)

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