UKY Visiting Writer Series: Kiese Laymon Reading

Name: UKY Visiting Writer Series: Kiese Laymon Reading
Start: 2025-02-19T23:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-02-20T01:00:00.000Z
Location: Singletary Center for the Arts

Singletary Center for the Arts

405 Rose Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40506

Wednesday, February 19th
6:00pm - 8:00pm EST

Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Kiese Laymon is the Ottilie Schillig Professor in English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi and author of the novel Long Division, the memoir Heavy, and the essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. He was named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. Join us to hear a reading from Kiese Laymon!