Finding Beauty In The Shadows with Kiese Laymon

<p>Alicia Garza welcomes award winning author <a href="https://www.kieselaymon.com/">Kiese Laymon</a>. Garza asks Laymon about his bestselling book, Heavy: An American Memoir, his writing process, and how he would describe the story of the current state of the world. Plus, Garza brings all of the real with her weekly roundup of all that’s good and awful from the past week.</p><p>Kiese Laymon on <a href="https://twitter.com/KieseLaymon">Twitter</a> & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kieselaymon/">Instagram</a></p><p>Lady Don't Take No on<a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPodcast"> Twitter</a>,<a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/@LadyDontTakeNoPod"> Instagram</a> &<a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/shows/7931cb88-5dac-45af-97c3-5f029ea025b7/episodes/fb.me/ladydonttakeno"> Facebook</a></p><p>Alicia Garza on<a href="https://twitter.com/aliciagarza"> </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmxoHDHDITNGWnOTdBXftew">YouTube</a><a href="https://twitter.com/aliciagarza">, Twitter</a>,<a href="https://www.instagram.com/chasinggarza/?hl=en"> Instagram</a> &<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChasingGarza"> Facebook</a></p><p> </p><p>This pod is supported by the <a href="https://blackfutureslab.org/">Black Futures Lab</a></p><p>Production by Phil Surkis</p><p>Theme music: "Lady Don't Tek No" by <a href="https://twitter.com/Latyrx">Latyrx</a></p><p><br />Alicia Garza founded the Black Futures Lab to make Black communities powerful in politics. She is the co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and the Black Lives Matter Global Network, an international organizing project to end state violence and oppression against Black people. Garza serves as the Strategy & Partnerships Director for the <a href="https://www.domesticworkers.org/">National Domestic Workers Alliance</a>. She is the co-founder of <a href="https://supermajority.com/">Supermajority</a>, a new home for women’s activism. Alicia wa