Long Division: A Novel, Kiese Laymon LGBTQ+ Books and Carole Boston Weatherford

and Carole Boston Weatherford

Bird has grown up disavowing his mother and her poems

Rex has his sights set on surviving sixth grade

He’d been dreaming of going back to the Archipelago

as well as seasonal events and festivals

Long Division: A Novel, Kiese Laymon LGBTQ+ Books and Carole Boston WeatherfordWinner of the NAACP Image Award for Fiction From the uthor of the critically acclaimed memoir Heavy, comes a funny, astute, searching (The Wall Street Journal) debut novel about Black teenagers that is a satirical exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in post Katrina Mississippi. Written in a voice thats alternately humorous, lacerating, and wise, Long Division features two interwoven stories. In the first, its