Best selling author of Heavy: An American Memoir and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Kiese Laymon (@kieselaymon) joins us for our Christmas episode, one of our all-time favorite conversations, to discuss his journey as a black author in America.

Topics include: Publishing rights, family, loneliness, and the "Maya Angelou Accent".

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Hosts:

Jennifer Pastiloff @jenpastiloff

Alicia 'ACE' Easter @aceyogala

Produced by:

Aviv Rubinstien @rambocalrissian

Music by:

Alexandra Kalinowski @alexandrapaloma