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Writer Kiese Laymon receives a MacArthur Fellowship

October 14, 2022 / 1:18 pm

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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about what receiving a MacArthur Fellowship means to him and who shapes his writing.

[Copyright 2022 NPR]

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