Rice University's Kiese Laymon earns MacArthur 'genius grant'
Author and Rice University professor Kiese Laymon on Wednesday became the latest Houston resident to hold a MacArthur Fellowship, also known as the “genius grant.”
Laymon’s first two books, the novel “Long Division” and the essay collection “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America,” were first published in 2013, and he followed with the bestselling “Heavy: An American Memoir” in 2018. His honors include an NAACP Image Award for “Long Division” and a 2019 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction for “Heavy.”
“This is a huge win for Kiese, for Rice’s School of Humanities and for the university as a whole,” President Reginald DesRoches said. “Any time one of our professors’ work is recognized by a prestigious organization such as the MacArthur Foundation, it shines a light on the extremely high-caliber faculty at Rice and the impact of their research, scholarship and creative pursuits.”
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