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    1. Cuss Whisperer‏ @KieseLaymon 7 Jun 2020

      We still doing #publishingpaidme? initially got 17k for two book deal. editor at one of the big ones told me they could get me 17k for one book if I got out of deal. I got out. they offered me 10k. asked me to take out racial politics. I gave money back. ended up getting ...

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      Cuss Whisperer‏ @KieseLaymon 7 Jun 2020

      5K for Long Division and 3K for HSKY. Those books went on to sell 50,000 copies. I get roughly 10% of those sells. Asked politely if I could buy my books back and publish them right with Scribner. He offered Scribner and me a ridiculous price for books he bought for 8K.

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        2. Cuss Whisperer‏ @KieseLaymon 7 Jun 2020

          I was ashamed of all of this and kept it locked up until I wrote this piecehttps://www.guernicamag.com/you-are-the-second-person/ …

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        3. Cuss Whisperer‏ @KieseLaymon 7 Jun 2020

          I proved I could sell books without a major press so a number of major presses wanted HEAVY and AND SO ON. I wanted to go with where my sister, Jesmyn, went, so I picked PJ for an agent and Kathy for an editor. I got a fair deal on those books but not ...

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        4. Cuss Whisperer‏ @KieseLaymon 7 Jun 2020

          a deal worthy of what I do for American literature. Still working. Still selling books. Still trying to do everything I can do so no one coming up has to experience the humiliation so many of us faced in this industry. I wanted to die from that shame. Glad it didn't kill me.

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        1. kellyhd‏ @khdpoetry 7 Jun 2020
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          Damn shame. Bruh, thank you for loving us.

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        1. __StayingInside‏ @beautyfiend_83 7 Jun 2020
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          Woww...

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        1. long live the group chat‏ @_rwinstonsworld 7 Jun 2020
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          Thank you for sharing.

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        1. Dr. Chim‏ @Chim_Oko 7 Jun 2020
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          I just ordered HSKY last week because I absolutely LOVED Heavy... and now I’m conflicted! You deserved so much more for these works!

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