We sometimes hear of artists selling the rights to their work – but we rarely hear of them buying those rights back. That is what award-winning author and professor Kiese Laymon has done. Eight years after their original publication, he is re-releasing two books. One is his debut novel, "Long Division." The other is a bestselling collection of essays, "How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America." Laymon speaks with Michel Martin about why revising these works was so important to him.
Originally aired on June 3, 2021.
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