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Citoyen

Kiese Laymon, your Mama and little brother's favorite author, nigga

About Me

I'm a black American boy from Jackson, Mississippi. I have the dopest novel of the year coming out next fall, "MY NAME IS CITY." The book was called CITOYEN for a while but folks that sign checks thought this title might be more apt. I try to say it a lot and make myself like it.It worked.I love that shit now.

My Interests

I shoot balls. I write things. I listen. I imagine.

I'd like to meet:

My great grandmother, Fannie Lou Hamer, my grandfather, Rakim, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Spike Lee, JD Salinger, Tracee Elis Ross, Jigga, George "Eyes Ways to Fuckin Close Together" Bush's simple ass

Music:

Shit that makes me think "Gotdamn" at the same time.

Movies:

Shit that makes me think "No, they didnt" and feel "Yes, they did" at the same time.

Television:

Sopranos, Flavor of Love, Boondocks, games with balls and teams

Books:

Shit that makes you think, "Gotdamn, No they didn't" and feel "Gotdamn, yes they did" at the same time.

Heroes:

My Grandma, Mama, father (the foundation) aunts and all the niggas I want to meet and my boo are my heroes. By the way, My boo is supple as some veal (and i'm vegetarian, nigga), but oh so fierce and legendary. Like the pimple cheeked Dylan (Die -Lon), she spits nothing but hot fire on the page and in that face, ked.