Kiese Laymon

Speech Is My Hammer

Arts & Literature

“In prose that is equally percussive and probing, Max Hunter has done something I hadn’t thought possible. He has dutifully explored his ambivalent relationship with African American literature while literally exploring the abundance of ‘ambivalence’ in African American literature. . . . Hunter’s patient rumination on his experience with the literature is beyond brilliant. . . . This work is stunning. I can’t wait to teach it.”