October 15, 2020 — Throughout the month of October, Mississippi Today is hosting some of Mississippi’s most celebrated authors in conversation with Mississippi Today editors and journalists.

We kicked off the Mississippi Writers on Mississippi Politics series with a conversation between Mississippi author Kiese Laymon and Managing Editor Kayleigh Skinner on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Kiese Laymon is the author of three books, including the reissued How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (November 2020). Laymon is the Hubert McAlexander Chair of English at the University of Mississippi.

Laymon published “The Front Row” on October 6, 2020. You can read it here.

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WATCH: Mississippi Writers on Mississippi Politics — Kiese Laymon

by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today
October 15, 2020

<h1>WATCH: Mississippi Writers on Mississippi Politics — Kiese Laymon</h1> <p class="byline">by Mississippi Today, Mississippi Today <br />October 15, 2020</p> <p><strong><em>October 15, 2020</em></strong> — Throughout the month of October, Mississippi Today is hosting some of Mississippi’s most celebrated authors in conversation with Mississippi Today editors and journalists.</p> <p>We kicked off the Mississippi Writers on Mississippi Politics series with a conversation between Mississippi author Kiese Laymon and Managing Editor Kayleigh Skinner on Tuesday, Oct. 13.</p> <p>Kiese Laymon is the author of three books, including the reissued How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America (November 2020). Laymon is the Hubert McAlexander Chair of English at the University of Mississippi.</p> <p>Laymon published "The Front Row" on October 6, 2020. You can read it <a href="https://mississippitoday.org/2020/10/06/the-front-row-kiese-laymon/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> <div class="wp-block-siteorigin-panels-layout-block"> <div id="pl-816177" class="panel-layout"> <div id="pg-816177-0" class="panel-grid panel-no-style"> <div id="pgc-816177-0-0" class="panel-grid-cell"> <div id="panel-816177-0-0-0" class="widget_text so-panel widget widget_custom_html panel-first-child panel-last-child" data-index="0"> <div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org/2020/10/15/watch-mississippi-writers-on-mississippi-politics-kiese-laymon/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://mississippitoday.org">Mississippi Today</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/mississippitoday.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MT_square-thumb.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://mississippitoday.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=816177&amp;ga3=UA-75003810-1" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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