A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition.

“I first encountered Kiese Laymon's writing when I read How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. I was stunned into stillness.”

—Roxane Gay,
author of Bad Feminist

“A star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful.”

—NPR