We’re back with friend of The Stacks, Kiese Laymon, with audio from the second New York live show on our national tour. Kiese discusses writing about real people in his life, and reveals what he would change about his memoir Heavy if he could revise it. Plus, we talk about first kisses, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find what we talked about on Amazon.
- Rally’s
- Long Division by Kiese Laymon
- How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon
- “Why I Paid Tenfold to Buy Back the Rights for Two of My Books” (Kiese Laymon, Lit Hub)
- Heavy by Kiese Laymon
- College Football Game Day (ESPN)
- Beyoncé
- Mohegan Sun
- The Catherine Coleman Literary Arts and Justice Program
- Saidiya Hartman
- MacArthur Genius Grant
- Jesmyn Ward
- Taylor Swift
- Taylor Swift in a flat boot
- LaDuca Character Shoes
- Harry Styles
- Les Twins
- Beyonce costume malfunction (@imthatmeme8, TikTok)
- Beyonce costume malfunction (@beautiyonce, TikTok)
- James Baldwin
- Toni Morrison
- Deion Sanders
- Russell Westbrook
- Russell Wilson
- Steph Curry
- Riley Curry
- Terrell Owens
- Richard Sherman
- University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
- Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC)
- Celebration Bowl
- “Colorado St coach pokes at Deion Sanders for wearing hat, sunglasses before game with Colorado” (Pat Graham, AP News)
- The Stacks Pack on Patreon
- Caveat (New York, NY)
- Cafe Con Libros (Brooklyn, NY)
- The Stacks Merch
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