Kiese Laymon, the author of 重, a much-praised memoir that served as a recent community read across the 劳伦斯大学 campus, will deliver the school’s Winter Term Convocation address on Jan. 28.
他的作品因其丰富的细节、复杂的情感和诚实而受到称赞,雷蒙将自己作为一名黑人在美国的成长和生活经历娓娓道来。 他感到种族主义的力量让他感到窒息,同时他也在处理复杂而经常令人困惑的家庭关系,以及与虐待、身体形象和成瘾行为有关的问题。
由于新冠肺炎疫情,会议将于上午11点15分举行。 Laymon’s recorded speech, 凝视肚脐的激进可能性与民主必要性 will be followed by an interview hosted by Amy Ongiri, the Jill Beck Director of Film Studies and associate professor of film studies, and students Tania Sosa ’24 and Edwin Martinez ’24. 随后将有听众与雷蒙的问答环节,由校长马克·伯斯坦主持。
Laymon, a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Mississippi, recently released a new essay collection, 如何在美国慢慢杀死自己和他人, an expanded and reworked version of an essay collection first released in 2013. 它增加了六篇文章,并从最初的版本中编辑了其他文章。
全国公共广播电台 赞扬了这部新作,称雷蒙“在他的作品中展现了南方的混乱、丰富、暴力和多样性,以及作为密西西比州黑人意味着什么的复杂问题。” Jerald Walker of the 纽约时报 called Laymon’s retooling of the essay collection a worthwhile undertaking “because by adding six rich new essays, deftly curating seven from the original book, and reworking the chronology, you have made a once solid collection superb.”
It was the release of 重 in 2018 that first brought Laymon widespread acclaim. 这本回忆录赢得了一系列文学荣誉,包括获得克里斯托弗·伊舍伍德奖,并被提名为柯克斯奖和肖托夸奖的决赛候选人。 这本书是他写给母亲的一封书信,书中深入挖掘了家庭的痛苦、虐待、成功、智慧、激情、成瘾和恐惧,其中大部分内容都是基于他与密西西比州杰克逊的爱恨情仇,他在那里长大、逃离,最终又回到了那里。
劳伦斯大学的教师、学生、员工和校友最近一起参加了一次社区阅读活动。 Many then explored the complexities of 重 in a virtual book discussion held on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Music at the Convocation will include 天才的孩子, performed by Preston Parker ’23 and Mandy Kung, and 求你立我为印, performed by the 劳伦斯大学 Concert Choir with members of the 阿普尔顿 East High School Easterners, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music Stephen Sieck. The link for the Jan. 28 Convocation can be found 在这里.
网络直播将对公众开放,但活动的录音不会公开。
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