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> [“Dave, the first person I met in Poughkeepsie, was a felon because he was black, scared, desperate, and guilty. My student Cole, a heroin user and dealer of everything from weed to cocaine, is a college student because he's white,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/dave-the-first-person-i-met-in-poughkeepsie-was-a-felon-because-he/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

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## More by Kiese Laymon

> [I allude to Back to the Future in the 1985 story to let folks know it was an inspiration and because it literally was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-allude-to-back-to-the-future-in-the-1985-story-to-let-folks-know-it/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [“I lie in a bathtub of cold water, still sweating and singing love songs to myself. I put the gun to my head and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-lie-in-a-bathtub-of-cold-water-still-sweating-and-singing-love/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I'm a black writer from Mississippi. That's what I most consider myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-m-a-black-writer-from-mississippi-that-s-what-i-most-consider-myself/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [In essay writing, I'm trying to push the form of expository writing. I'm trying to remember, trying to reckon, trying to find connections with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/in-essay-writing-i-m-trying-to-push-the-form-of-expository-writing-i/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I wish every American explored the importance of novel writing, identity, honesty, character and place in fresh-ass ways.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-wish-every-american-explored-the-importance-of-novel-writing/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [“I swear that white folks need to just shut the hell up sometimes. Y'all make it hard for everybody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-swear-that-white-folks-need-to-just-shut-the-hell-up-sometimes-y/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [Long Division has a lot of Afrosurrealist impulses. I think the book was more Afrofuturist when it was like 700 pages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/long-division-has-a-lot-of-afrosurrealist-impulses-i-think-the-book/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [“Y'all taught me that unacknowledged scars accumulated in battles won often hurt more than battles lost.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/y-all-taught-me-that-unacknowledged-scars-accumulated-in-battles-won/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [First of all, the novel should be a critique of the novels that have come before it in a language that broadens the audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/first-of-all-the-novel-should-be-a-critique-of-the-novels-that-have/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I'm also, than anything else, a teacher and a student. And without the four hours, I'm pretty monsterish. For real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-m-also-than-anything-else-a-teacher-and-a-student-and-without-the/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I'm an obsessive writer who needs and loves revision. Writing helps me learn and helps me teach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-m-an-obsessive-writer-who-needs-and-loves-revision-writing-helps-me/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I'm accountable - this sounds emo - to black American writing, Southern writing, Southern black American writing, American writing and my people. That's kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-m-accountable-this-sounds-emo-to-black-american-writing-southern/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I'm not good enough as a person and definitely not good enough as a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-m-not-good-enough-as-a-person-and-definitely-not-good-enough-as-a/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [“I think of my grandma and remember that old feeling of being so in love that nothing matters except seeing and being seen by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-think-of-my-grandma-and-remember-that-old-feeling-of-being-so-in/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

> [I'm interested in how the confessional is so abrasively critiqued today. I'm not really comfortable with simply confessing but I do think "confessing" is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiese-laymon/i-m-interested-in-how-the-confessional-is-so-abrasively-critiqued/)

[Kiese Laymon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiese-laymon/)

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