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https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/newsletter/ Growing up, Kiese
Laymon thought of himself as a city kid. But he spent his childhood
with a foot in two worlds: his mom’s house in the capital city of
Jackson, Mississippi and his grandma’s house in a rural country
town. It wasn’t until Kiese left Mississippi that he came to
understand that this question of city vs. country meant a lot more.
It carries a lot of baggage: the tensions between north and south,
tectonic historical forces, and the contradictions of life in
Mississippi. In this episode from Outside/In, a podcast where
curiosity and the natural world collide, producer Justine Paradis
sits down with author Kiese Laymon, for a conversation on this
question of country versus city, what that has to do with the
history of Black life in this country, and the story of Kiese’s
first children’s picture book, his latest in a lifelong exploration
of a complicated love of Mississippi. To hear more episodes from
Outside/In, follow them on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you
get your podcasts.