Randall Kenan

American writer (A Visitation of Spirits).
Died on Saturday August 29th 2020

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@emilyross816: RT @MichelleHoover_: RIP Randall Kenan. Shocked by this. He was so young. And such a talent, such a voice, as well as a kind heart. Read hi… - 5 years ago

@wcshaw: RT @amasonny: Thank you Marco Roth for this beautiful piece. (BTW he borrowed the horse exercise from Max Steele in English 99W, the UNC-C… - 5 years ago

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@MichelleHoover_: RIP Randall Kenan. Shocked by this. He was so young. And such a talent, such a voice, as well as a kind heart. Read… - 5 years ago

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@painter_nancy: RT @Slate: A North Carolina writer who made his own Yoknapatawpha County. - 5 years ago

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@cedrictillman: RT @BlairPublisher: All of us at Blair are mourning the loss of Randall Kenan. He was a good friend to our press, always generous to us as… - 5 years ago

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@MZeir: RT @glossitis: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

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@ACrankyProf: RT @ProjectHBW: Last Friday, Randall Kenan, a talented author and respected professor known for his contributions to Black and queer litera… - 5 years ago

@TheFreeMFA: RT @amasonny: Thank you Marco Roth for this beautiful piece. (BTW he borrowed the horse exercise from Max Steele in English 99W, the UNC-C… - 5 years ago

@metaphorme: Frank Stasio honors Randall Kenan (@BuckarooBZ) with two of his colleagues: Rebecka Rutledge Fisher (@metaphorme),… - 5 years ago

@buriedinprint: RT @ChicagoRevBooks: "At times your passage through If I Had Two Wings may narrow, but you will be swept along." A review of IF I HAD TWO… - 5 years ago

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@dgburgher: RT @ProjectHBW: Last Friday, Randall Kenan, a talented author and respected professor known for his contributions to Black and queer litera… - 5 years ago

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@zoepagnamenta: RT @amasonny: Thank you Marco Roth for this beautiful piece. (BTW he borrowed the horse exercise from Max Steele in English 99W, the UNC-C… - 5 years ago

@KUafs: RT @ProjectHBW: Last Friday, Randall Kenan, a talented author and respected professor known for his contributions to Black and queer litera… - 5 years ago

@Wralpheubanks: RT @amasonny: Thank you Marco Roth for this beautiful piece. (BTW he borrowed the horse exercise from Max Steele in English 99W, the UNC-C… - 5 years ago

@riotta: RT @amasonny: Thank you Marco Roth for this beautiful piece. (BTW he borrowed the horse exercise from Max Steele in English 99W, the UNC-C… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: Thank you Marco Roth for this beautiful piece. (BTW he borrowed the horse exercise from Max Steele in English 99W,… - 5 years ago

@BlackDigitalHum: RT @ProjectHBW: Last Friday, Randall Kenan, a talented author and respected professor known for his contributions to Black and queer litera… - 5 years ago

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@KunkleFredrick: RT @sullydish: Awful loss. RIP. ❤️ - 5 years ago

@MCJCenter: In his online journal, Stone Walls, Pine Knolls neighbor Mike Ogle writes about the legacy of UNC Prof.Randall Kena… - 5 years ago

@MattWeiland: RT @nplusonemag: “Randall ought to have lived long enough to have enjoyed the moment of flourishing in queer Black American letters that he… - 5 years ago

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@TheFreeMFA: RT @JHUPress: We are truly saddened to learn of the passing of the brilliant Randall Kenan. Read his 2013 piece on James Baldwin and Ingmar… - 5 years ago

@EJLevy: RT @JHUPress: We are truly saddened to learn of the passing of the brilliant Randall Kenan. Read his 2013 piece on James Baldwin and Ingmar… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: @JHUPress I am printing this out now to read slowly, as I can see it is an example of the ways Randall Kenan always… - 5 years ago

@Jeremy_Borden: Ugh, I just saw that Randall Kenan died? y'all, 2020. #RIP to a master. - 5 years ago

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@amasonny: RT @jilevin: The Ghosts in Randall Kenan's New, and Final, Collection of Stories - 5 years ago

@YaoBro: RT @CPhillipsPoet: Randall Kenan. A terrific writer, yes — but rarer than that, a deeply good man. Friend, fellow pilgrim — I’ll miss you.… - 5 years ago

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@thebigsparrow: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

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@AMLeahy: RT @breadloafwriter: Please join us and @sewaneewriters for a Memorial Reading for Randall Kenan on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. EST. We’ll g… - 5 years ago

@bigjoneschicago: RT @southfoodways: The SFA mourns the passing of Randall Kenan, a long-time member and frequent presenter at SFA events. This #Gravy episod… - 5 years ago

@c_thorsson: RT @mat_johnson: On the rare, underappreciated brilliance of the late Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@berezina: RT @dankois: I wrote about a writer I loved who died last week: - 5 years ago

@captaincurt81: RT @captaincurt81: Obituary Note: Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@captaincurt81: Obituary Note: Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@Irizaurus: RT @MobyLives: Wow, after learning this morning that our author David Graeber has died, now we learn Randall Kenan has passed away. Hail &… - 5 years ago

@cheryltan88: RT @laurenfsharma: So beautiful. Hope everyone can make it to this celebration of Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

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@rhoffman49: RT @breadloafwriter: Please join us and @sewaneewriters for a Memorial Reading for Randall Kenan on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. EST. We’ll g… - 5 years ago

@LynnYork2: RT @WritingestState: “He probably has as significant of an impact of any North Carolina writer of the last 40 or 50 years...He remained dee… - 5 years ago

@ruthesamuel: RT @breadloafwriter: Please join us and @sewaneewriters for a Memorial Reading for Randall Kenan on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. EST. We’ll g… - 5 years ago

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@lesliedines: RT @southfoodways: The SFA mourns the passing of Randall Kenan, a long-time member and frequent presenter at SFA events. This #Gravy episod… - 5 years ago

@JaneDelury: RT @breadloafwriter: Please join us and @sewaneewriters for a Memorial Reading for Randall Kenan on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. EST. We’ll g… - 5 years ago

@RaviHoward: RT @laurenfsharma: So beautiful. Hope everyone can make it to this celebration of Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@m_o_walsh: RT @breadloafwriter: Please join us and @sewaneewriters for a Memorial Reading for Randall Kenan on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. EST. We’ll g… - 5 years ago

@CarisAdel: RT @MobyLives: Wow, after learning this morning that our author David Graeber has died, now we learn Randall Kenan has passed away. Hail &… - 5 years ago

@4evrstardancer: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@melvillehouse: RT @MobyLives: Wow, after learning this morning that our author David Graeber has died, now we learn Randall Kenan has passed away. Hail &… - 5 years ago

@jshbooks: RT @Slate: A North Carolina writer who made his own Yoknapatawpha County. - 5 years ago

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@IsisGop: RT @Slate: A North Carolina writer who made his own Yoknapatawpha County. - 5 years ago

@thebibliophile1: RT @mat_johnson: On the rare, underappreciated brilliance of the late Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@MaryBur74362416: RT @Slate: A North Carolina writer who made his own Yoknapatawpha County. - 5 years ago

@SlateCulture: RT @junethomas: This lovely @dankois consideration of the late Randall Kenan's work has made me realize I haven't read anything since Let t… - 5 years ago

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@queerlycontent: RT @mat_johnson: On the rare, underappreciated brilliance of the late Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

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@mugrogue: RT @mat_johnson: On the rare, underappreciated brilliance of the late Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@BGinCHI: OH NO! RIP Randall Kenan. Gonna teach "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" later this fall, and was hoping to connect w… - 5 years ago

@Mark_Kawada: RT @mat_johnson: On the rare, underappreciated brilliance of the late Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

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@S_Maggie_Nic: RT @maggieNYT: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - The New York Times - 5 years ago

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@Badlands_Series: RT @maggieNYT: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - The New York Times - 5 years ago

@rhugh4791: RT @maggieNYT: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - The New York Times - 5 years ago

@WWNortonLibrary: RT @amasonny: Obituary Note: Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@maggieNYT: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - The New York Times - 5 years ago

@miriamberkley: Obituary Note: Randall Kenan. Photo by Miriam Berkley. - 5 years ago

@jennieerinsmith: @mat_johnson - 5 years ago

@pfirsch: RT @southfoodways: The SFA mourns the passing of Randall Kenan, a long-time member and frequent presenter at SFA events. This #Gravy episod… - 5 years ago

@southfoodways: The SFA mourns the passing of Randall Kenan, a long-time member and frequent presenter at SFA events. This #Gravy e… - 5 years ago

@Daniel01645201: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@jayjamescarter: RT @amasonny: Obituary Note: Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@amasonny: Obituary Note: Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@ChicagoRevBooks: "These are linked stories about Black and queer identity rooted in universal themes: memory and regret, release and… - 5 years ago

@RegulatorBooks: The Regulator Bookshop News: Farewell to Randall Kenan, School Wish Lists, & More - 5 years ago

@mikeogling: RT @damonseils: A local take on a local giant. Thanks to @mikeogling for this remembrance of Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@HawkeTexas: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@Pairsonnalites: RT @Pairsonnalites: Trailblazing gay Black 'literary genius' Randall Kenan has tragically died, aged 57: He also penned an influential biog… - 5 years ago

@jane_ljane: Acclaimed Author, UNC Professor Randall Kenan Dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@theandrewkclark: RT @quailridgebooks: We were heartbroken to learn of the passing of Randall Kenan & feel fortunate to have had one last conversation with h… - 5 years ago

@pridecenterSI: Acclaimed Author, UNC Professor Randall Kenan Dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@rebeccabengal: "Randall Kenan ought to have lived long enough to have enjoyed the moment of flourishing in queer Black American le… - 5 years ago

@FirstNovelVCU: RT @sewaneewriters: We are devastated by the loss of Randall Kenan, a beautiful soul and brilliant writer. In partnership with @breadloafwr… - 5 years ago

@nplusonemag: RT @eddy_sarah: "“We begin in darkness and end in the light,” Randall said, the January day of our first meeting." - 5 years ago

@pricebrittany: RT @eddy_sarah: "“We begin in darkness and end in the light,” Randall said, the January day of our first meeting." - 5 years ago

@hannasusj: I’m so honored to have reviewed Randall Kenan’s final book. He was the brightest of lights. - 5 years ago

@JudithEWinfrey: RT @aqnguyen: It’s worth spending 18 min to hear Randall Kenan discuss the role of food in Ellison’s “The Invisible Man”. You’ll gain appre… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @sewaneewriters: We are devastated by the loss of Randall Kenan, a beautiful soul and brilliant writer. In partnership with @breadloafwr… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @toschoon: Mourning the passing of a master storyteller, Randall Kenan : The Well - 5 years ago

@klmichaud: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: This -- and these paired photos! -- are breathtaking. Randall Kenan: Walking on Water - 5 years ago

@zips_veggie: My sensitivity level today is at Weeping at a scholarly essay written by Randall Kenan that imagines Thomas Jeffers… - 5 years ago

@slb79: RT @NCArtsCouncil: The @state_of_things will pay tribute to North Carolina writer Randall Kenan on Friday. If his work touched your life, t… - 5 years ago

@chapter16: In Randall Kenan’s IF I HAD TWO WINGS, the residents of Tims Creek, North Carolina, often find themselves in bewild… - 5 years ago

@SkylarGudasz: RT @eddy_sarah: "“We begin in darkness and end in the light,” Randall said, the January day of our first meeting." - 5 years ago

@JeffreyJDean: RT @AmAcademyRome: Writer Randall Kenan (1997 Fellow), an unapologetically Black gay Southern writer who used his identities to tell storie… - 5 years ago

@AmAcademyRome: Writer Randall Kenan (1997 Fellow), an unapologetically Black gay Southern writer who used his identities to tell s… - 5 years ago

@chayab77: RT @amasonny: The Past Rising Up | Randall Kenan review in Chapter 16: - 5 years ago

@mikeogling: RT @DRobertson51: A beautiful tribute to the brilliance of Randall Kenan: Walking on Water #gonetoosoon - 5 years ago

@KaliGrossPhD: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@amasonny: The Past Rising Up | Randall Kenan review in Chapter 16: - 5 years ago

@Alacranita: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@unc_our: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@Tai76: RT @southfoodways: Today, SFA mourns the passing of two friends and frequent collaborators, Randall Kenan and Julia Reed. Our thoughts are… - 5 years ago

@mofad: RT @southfoodways: Today, SFA mourns the passing of two friends and frequent collaborators, Randall Kenan and Julia Reed. Our thoughts are… - 5 years ago

@mofad: RT @kittenwithawhip: If you didn't have the pleasure of the great Randall Kenan's writing in your life, this is an extraordinary place to s… - 5 years ago

@DCHP_ChapelHill: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@bradweis: #obitpatrol Deaths: Actor Jacques Galipeau; writers David Mungoshi, Randall Kenan, Rahat Khan; singer Shafaullah Ro… - 5 years ago

@killa_cu: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@pchollingsworth: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@GutkinLen: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@tylercurtain: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@geiravor: RT @geiravor: @scrippscollege @Claremont5Cs @PENamerica @strandbookstore Miriam Toews - All My Puny Sorrows Roxane recommended: Dana Joh… - 5 years ago

@UNCStoneCenter: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@DrEppsrobertson: RT @UNCDiversity: UNC mourns the passing of a literary giant: - 5 years ago

@LorenMayshark: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@doctorpouquie: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@AmericanCFLFan: RT @PinkNews: Trailblazing gay Black 'literary genius' Randall Kenan has tragically died, aged 57 - 5 years ago

@Scott1984FP: RT @PinkNews: Trailblazing gay Black 'literary genius' Randall Kenan has tragically died, aged 57 - 5 years ago

@djenne: Rest in Power, Randall Kenan. Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@JustJoeyLopez: RT @PinkNews: Trailblazing gay Black 'literary genius' Randall Kenan has tragically died, aged 57 - 5 years ago

@PinkNews: Trailblazing gay Black 'literary genius' Randall Kenan has tragically died, aged 57 - 5 years ago

@Chuks_Dave: RT @PinkNews: Trailblazing gay Black 'literary genius' Randall Kenan has tragically died, aged 57 - 5 years ago

@Veneeta8: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@alyssawood011: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@bluedrummajor: RT @aqnguyen: It’s worth spending 18 min to hear Randall Kenan discuss the role of food in Ellison’s “The Invisible Man”. You’ll gain appre… - 5 years ago

@XoZXo2: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@HelenBranton1: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@shaboom: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@drhoctor2: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@aqnguyen: It’s worth spending 18 min to hear Randall Kenan discuss the role of food in Ellison’s “The Invisible Man”. You’ll… - 5 years ago

@rudetuesday: RT @nplusonemag: “Across the quad, we were enmeshed in Arnoldian discussions of “the best that was thought and said” without paying much at… - 5 years ago

@nplusonemag: “Across the quad, we were enmeshed in Arnoldian discussions of “the best that was thought and said” without paying… - 5 years ago

@stella_pi: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@jameservin25: RT @NCCollection: Saddened to learn of the death of Randall Kenan--a talented NC writer and teacher. He was also a devotee and expert on J… - 5 years ago

@nplusonemag: “There are writers who should not be allowed to vanish and go silent for so long, much as they might prefer to do s… - 5 years ago

@crawjill: RT @nplusonemag: “I couldn’t understand how someone of Randall’s obvious gifts and warmth and intelligence had ended up teaching night scho… - 5 years ago

@MrOkra: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@PAlfredFontaine: RT @HorrocksCaitlin: What I learned from Randall Kenan at a writer’s conference was valuable, but no more so than what I took from his extr… - 5 years ago

@Duke_OFflatbush: This was first cuzin...smh he was GIANT..MISS U CUZ..NC writer Randall Kenan, a voice of Southern literature, dies… - 5 years ago

@lindafader: RT @sarahmbroom: “Even ghosts can teach us a thing or two,“ wrote Randall Kenan. Even and especially ghosts... - 5 years ago

@the_quick_fox: RT @PublishersWkly: Randall Kenan, whose stories explored the experience of being Black and gay in the American South, has died at 57 | @AP… - 5 years ago

@brzezinski: RT @nplusonemag: “If you weren’t Toni Morrison or, on the mass market side, Terry McMillan, you weren’t anybody. Publishing had no room for… - 5 years ago

@HorrocksCaitlin: What I learned from Randall Kenan at a writer’s conference was valuable, but no more so than what I took from his e… - 5 years ago

@NCdotGov: RT @NCArtsCouncil: Today we mourn the passing of author Randall Kenan, an inductee into the N.C. Literary Hall of Fame, recipient of the N.… - 5 years ago

@kimvie: RT @nplusonemag: “If you weren’t Toni Morrison or, on the mass market side, Terry McMillan, you weren’t anybody. Publishing had no room for… - 5 years ago

@nplusonemag: “If you weren’t Toni Morrison or, on the mass market side, Terry McMillan, you weren’t anybody. Publishing had no r… - 5 years ago

@motifink: RT @quailridgebooks: We were heartbroken to learn of the passing of Randall Kenan & feel fortunate to have had one last conversation with h… - 5 years ago

@wwnorton: RT @quailridgebooks: We were heartbroken to learn of the passing of Randall Kenan & feel fortunate to have had one last conversation with h… - 5 years ago

@mikescalise: RT @sewaneewriters: As we mourn the loss of our dear friend Randall Kenan, we've compiled a playlist of his Sewanee readings and craft lect… - 5 years ago

@chrisarnold: RT @sewaneewriters: As we mourn the loss of our dear friend Randall Kenan, we've compiled a playlist of his Sewanee readings and craft lect… - 5 years ago

@CLVoisine: RT @sewaneewriters: As we mourn the loss of our dear friend Randall Kenan, we've compiled a playlist of his Sewanee readings and craft lect… - 5 years ago

@liroso: Acclaimed Author, UNC Professor Randall Kenan Dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@DeanBakopoulos: RT @sewaneewriters: As we mourn the loss of our dear friend Randall Kenan, we've compiled a playlist of his Sewanee readings and craft lect… - 5 years ago

@RaviHoward: RT @sewaneewriters: As we mourn the loss of our dear friend Randall Kenan, we've compiled a playlist of his Sewanee readings and craft lect… - 5 years ago

@SolsticeMFA: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@wordsandstrokes: RT @hannawon72: "I want you to know his name." Our professor ending our class with a beautiful memory of Randall Kenan and space for ever… - 5 years ago

@savbrads: RT @hannawon72: "I want you to know his name." Our professor ending our class with a beautiful memory of Randall Kenan and space for ever… - 5 years ago

@nplusonemag: “I couldn’t understand how someone of Randall’s obvious gifts and warmth and intelligence had ended up teaching nig… - 5 years ago

@palliddh: RT @nplusonemag: New: Marco Roth remembers the writer Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@macnsalt: RT @NCLRights: Rest in Power to the absolutely inspirational author, Randall Kenan. Your beautiful prose will be dearly missed. - 5 years ago

@nplusonemag: New: Marco Roth remembers the writer Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@mbrandotommy: Ho saputo solo adesso della morte di Randall Kenan, un gigante della letteratura afroamericana, voce inconfondibile… - 5 years ago

@ProfDarryl: RT @CLAscholar: Randall Kenan was a visionary writer of Southern Literature. He will be missed. Rest in Power - 5 years ago

@velociraptor_je: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@MorningShowAMS: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - 5 years ago

@Vinslayer15: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@GarciaAgsmith44: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@johannareads: RT @magicmolly: I took for granted that I'd get to read many more words by this loving, graceful, and perceptive writer. I am very sad, and… - 5 years ago

@jwNewMusic: Rest well, Prof. Kenan... >>>"#RandallKenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last… - 5 years ago

@JustinChotikul: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@erintalia: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@FrankMeadows84: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@PhilipSandick: I can’t begin to think about how much Randall Kenan will be missed. In addition to the utter brilliance of his writ… - 5 years ago

@BlackLGBTQplus: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@HausofPride: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@clovejackson: RT @CLAscholar: Randall Kenan was a visionary writer of Southern Literature. He will be missed. Rest in Power - 5 years ago

@Wilar: - 5 years ago

@hellaweasels: RT @DCHomos: Randall Kenan, Who Wrote of Being Black and Gay in the South, Has Died at 57 - 5 years ago

@DCHomos: Randall Kenan, Who Wrote of Being Black and Gay in the South, Has Died at 57 - 5 years ago

@azlocke: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@ColetteLona1: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@torileighxvl: RT @NCmuseumhistory: We’re deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Randall Kenan, an award-winning author who grew up in North Caroli… - 5 years ago

@IWill42128952: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@hellomettlesome: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@CWaddington504: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@jhoppenthaler: RT @NCLitReview: Randall Kenan just published this important essay less than two weeks ago. - 5 years ago

@blumes15: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@AmericanStJourn: RT @CLAscholar: Randall Kenan was a visionary writer of Southern Literature. He will be missed. Rest in Power - 5 years ago

@JasleneTavares: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@berezina: RT @magicmolly: I took for granted that I'd get to read many more words by this loving, graceful, and perceptive writer. I am very sad, and… - 5 years ago

@jhvilas: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@RoseyBits: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@KibaSniper: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@kay_walz: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@santialv951: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@lipstklitterati: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@digyoursoul: RT @TheAdvocateMag: The author of "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" captured Black gay life in the South, as well as his experiences being rai… - 5 years ago

@This_is_joss: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@lindafader: Acclaimed Author, UNC Professor Randall Kenan Dies at 57 I read his 1992 collection of short stories, Let the Dead… - 5 years ago

@star1965: RT @yashar: Randall Kenan, one of the most acclaimed Black gay writers in the nation, died last week at his home in Hillsborough, North Car… - 5 years ago

@MauriceRuffin: RT @jameyhatley: Brad Watson and Randall Kenan. Two Southern gentlemen of letters. Gone, gone, gone. - 5 years ago

@LanaDelWeirdAF: RT @shannonmhouston: Rickey does these incredible threads after each #LovecraftCountry episode. Here, she tracks last night's episode along… - 5 years ago

@HumanitiesTN: A Loss to the Literary Community: remembering Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@little__f0ot: RT @shannonmhouston: Rickey does these incredible threads after each #LovecraftCountry episode. Here, she tracks last night's episode along… - 5 years ago

@SolsticeMFA: RT @rocketfantastic: Omg. If you saw Randall Kenan walking across Sarah Lawrence’s campus in the 90’s? The elegance & ferocity & so fucking… - 5 years ago

@SolsticeMFA: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@KatieHAdams: RT @amasonny: So if you'd like to write to Randall Kenan's mama or Brad Watson's wife, about how important these extraordinarily generous w… - 5 years ago

@SolsticeMFA: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@noctblues: RT @shannonmhouston: Rickey does these incredible threads after each #LovecraftCountry episode. Here, she tracks last night's episode along… - 5 years ago

@shannonmhouston: Rickey does these incredible threads after each #LovecraftCountry episode. Here, she tracks last night's episode al… - 5 years ago

@KirkusReviews: Remembering Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@isabelledrake: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@ChrysR21: RT @NCmuseumhistory: We’re deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Randall Kenan, an award-winning author who grew up in North Caroli… - 5 years ago

@FLONC: RT @NCmuseumhistory: We’re deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Randall Kenan, an award-winning author who grew up in North Caroli… - 5 years ago

@EuroDissentNOLA: RT @uncpressblog: Our hearts are heavy over the loss of Professor Randall Kenan. A pillar of Southern literature, you'll find his essays an… - 5 years ago

@NotFromBoston: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@ChampagneSaucy1: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@sorcerapprent: @USCPress Randall Kenan changed my life when he selected my short story "Davy Cockett's Last Stand" as the winner o… - 5 years ago

@CraftLiterary: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@WorldProfessor: RT @uncpressblog: Our hearts are heavy over the loss of Professor Randall Kenan. A pillar of Southern literature, you'll find his essays an… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: Dreamt Randall Kenan was scrolling thru Twitter mightily amused at this hoax about his death and oh so moved by the… - 5 years ago

@FionaSnp: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@zzpacker: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@gabs_duh: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@dreegreene: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@WCHLChapelboro: UNC English professor Randall Kenan, an author whose stories explored the experience of being Black and gay in the… - 5 years ago

@SuziMagee: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@rachbulalacao: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@thedivingspot: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@LorraineRogerso: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@ilya_poet: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@NegroSunshyne: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@shawnmooney: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@geniablum: RT @SolsticeMFA: The Solstice MFA community mourns the loss of our beloved friend and writer-in-residence, Randall Kenan. Randall meant so… - 5 years ago

@namaroonmuse: An essay by Randall Kenan: Letter from North Carolina: Learning from Ghosts of the Civil War - 5 years ago

@Rroxymore: RT @SonofBaldwin: Losing Breonna Taylor, Chadwick Boseman, Randall Kenan, and Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears reinforces for me that there is no h… - 5 years ago

@MartyProust: RT @ACrankyProf: i am utterly destroyed by the loss of randall kenan, my fanboy obsession, my sweet friend, our brilliant light. please eve… - 5 years ago

@earlvox: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@learnmath4us: RT @IRAASColumbiaU: NC writer Randall Kenan, a voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@arthurb3: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@bigdoofenergy: RT @SonofBaldwin: Losing Breonna Taylor, Chadwick Boseman, Randall Kenan, and Aja Raquell Rhone-Spears reinforces for me that there is no h… - 5 years ago

@shipsaintsinkin: RT @theferocity: Randall Kenan’s work has always meant a lot to me. He was Black, gay, southern and BRILLIANT. I’m so sorry to hear that he… - 5 years ago

@EINGayRights: NC's Randall Kenan, Author Who Depicted Black, Gay Life In Prose, Dies - 5 years ago

@DiChristine: RT @DamoneWilliams_: I'm not familiar with this brother or his work, but when one of us falls it's a loss. May he rest in peace. . . . . NC… - 5 years ago

@ProfKFH: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@YourFavAfrikan: RT @DamoneWilliams_: I'm not familiar with this brother or his work, but when one of us falls it's a loss. May he rest in peace. . . . . NC… - 5 years ago

@ProfKFH: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@TysModernL1fe: RT @DamoneWilliams_: I'm not familiar with this brother or his work, but when one of us falls it's a loss. May he rest in peace. . . . . NC… - 5 years ago

@babycakebriauna: RT @DamoneWilliams_: I'm not familiar with this brother or his work, but when one of us falls it's a loss. May he rest in peace. . . . . NC… - 5 years ago

@DamoneWilliams_: I'm not familiar with this brother or his work, but when one of us falls it's a loss. May he rest in peace. . . . .… - 5 years ago

@pblest: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@AdamLeedsLatham: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@sewaneewriters: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@SipotaiMelody: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@SipotaiMelody: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@SipotaiMelody: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@giovannaconfal4: RT @ZapBlogo: Addio a Randall Kenan, che raccontò che cosa significa essere gay e neri negli States del Sud - 5 years ago

@kaia_findlay: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@SanderiaFaye: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@modaviau: Randall Kenan had the world's sweetest face. My god. - 5 years ago

@AtlPBKalumni: RT @TheAmScho: We're sorry to see that Randall Kenan has passed. Read his insightful review of "The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison." htt… - 5 years ago

@ssenier: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@BNEdgewoodATL: RT @GabrielXHendri1: Book Recommendations #writers 1. The Vanishing Half by @britrbennett 2. Luster by @RavenLeilani 3. Beloved by Toni Mo… - 5 years ago

@cocoazafreen: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@ZapBlogo: Addio a Randall Kenan, che raccontò che cosa significa essere gay e neri negli States del Sud - 5 years ago

@plainsungpsalms: RT @theferocity: Randall Kenan’s work has always meant a lot to me. He was Black, gay, southern and BRILLIANT. I’m so sorry to hear that he… - 5 years ago

@hanalyzingEd: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@ProfClaiborne: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@hokispoetry: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@thebroadsheets: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@ScablandsBooks: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@MaruneBoy: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan Dies: Author Depicted Black, Gay Life in Prose - 5 years ago

@firedupyogini: RT @theferocity: Randall Kenan’s work has always meant a lot to me. He was Black, gay, southern and BRILLIANT. I’m so sorry to hear that he… - 5 years ago

@Pairsonnalites: UK | #Egaylity : CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Randall Kenan, an author whose stories explored the experience of being… - 5 years ago

@MoengNxustruu: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@stir_by_still: —Randall Kenan, A Time Not Here - 5 years ago

@Pairsonnalites: GYUK | Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose: CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Randall Kenan, an au… - 5 years ago

@kerrymadden: RT @sarahmbroom: “Even ghosts can teach us a thing or two,“ wrote Randall Kenan. Even and especially ghosts... - 5 years ago

@Transition_Mag: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@sarahkbooker: RT @lithub: RIP Randall Kenan, who died Friday at 57. From a letter he recently wrote us from North Carolina: "Can we seize the moment? We… - 5 years ago

@SceneOnRadio: We lost Randall Kenan, a brilliant writer and a wise, warm, gracious human. - 5 years ago

@theycallherbre: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@thestar_atower: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@mahatesu: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@karl_jacoby: I met Randall Kenan briefly many years ago when we were both editorial assistants. He was taken from us far too ea… - 5 years ago

@AdamKirkEdge: Randall Kenan was an incredible human being and author - I remember sitting in his rocking chair in his office, lis… - 5 years ago

@queerlycontent: RT @sarahmbroom: “Even ghosts can teach us a thing or two,“ wrote Randall Kenan. Even and especially ghosts... - 5 years ago

@rebeccabengal: RT @jameyhatley: I was in love with Randall Kenan’s work as soon as I saw @MsTerryMcMillan’s blurb calling him “our black Marquez.” That ma… - 5 years ago

@allegra_hyde: RT @sarahmbroom: “Even ghosts can teach us a thing or two,“ wrote Randall Kenan. Even and especially ghosts... - 5 years ago

@MurphinDC: RT @TriangleEditor: Ten years ago #UNC professor Randall Kenan and I talked about #JamesBaldwin in a coffee shop on Franklin Street: https:… - 5 years ago

@writerwhitfield: RT @lithub: RIP Randall Kenan, who died Friday at 57. From a letter he recently wrote us from North Carolina: "Can we seize the moment? We… - 5 years ago

@breezedagreat: RT @lithub: RIP Randall Kenan, who died Friday at 57. From a letter he recently wrote us from North Carolina: "Can we seize the moment? We… - 5 years ago

@Laurenebeen: RT @SCquarterly: Stunned to hear of the passing of our friend Randall Kenan. A beautiful writer, a beautiful soul. Sending love to his fami… - 5 years ago

@caitlinthebaker: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@PocoBrat: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@IdcaranCo: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@PBSBlackCulture: RT @publicmediaNC: We're deeply saddened to hear of the passing of award-winning novelist and food writer Randall Kenan, a frequent guest a… - 5 years ago

@rlwidmann: RT @KevinLevin: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a don… - 5 years ago

@Coodie_Brown: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@C_L_Clark: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@Katblerg: RT @KevinLevin: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a don… - 5 years ago

@ShaunMoffat: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - ABC News - - 5 years ago

@mgpate: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@cloudscholar: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@DrLisaBThompson: RT @drdreher: Randall Kenan was our Artist in Residence 2010 in the Dept of English. He has made his transition yesterday, Aug 28, at the a… - 5 years ago

@lizault: RT @brndnpr: RIP to Randall Kenan who just a couple of weeks ago captured this haunted time and place like nobody else could. - 5 years ago

@NickMakoha: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@tendherbuttons: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@BoPerry: RT @ABC11_WTVD: UNC English professor, renowned author Randall Kenan dies at 57 - 5 years ago

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@alannaeowyn: RT @drdreher: Randall Kenan was our Artist in Residence 2010 in the Dept of English. He has made his transition yesterday, Aug 28, at the a… - 5 years ago

@LRHudgins: RIP Randall Kenan. UNC professor, author, advocate. He leaves behind a potent legacy. - 5 years ago

@6dm4: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@ferrismcf: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@ferrismcf: RT @ashleymelzer: Randall Kenan had this way of walking into a room and turning all the lights on. That’s what it felt like anytime he wrot… - 5 years ago

@RKempNewsDaily: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@ABC11_WTVD: UNC English professor, renowned author Randall Kenan dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@batonfoundation: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@WarriorNikki: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

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@dulcimer1978: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@valjean00: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@merisesher: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@aescalante0: RT @william_sturkey: I knew and worked with Randall Kenan. He was a tender and generous man, ferocious and eloquent, a truly beautiful sou… - 5 years ago

@kwarnockny: RT @kevinrfree: Randall Kenan, one of my favorite writers, has passed away. His book, A Visitation of Spirits, is one I come back to often.… - 5 years ago

@jenkers_en: #Randall #Kenan: Author who depicted Black, gay life in prose, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@OldManLumans: Very shocking and tragic news about Randall Kenan's death. The few times I'd met and spoken with him, he was always… - 5 years ago

@HindustanTimes: Randall Kenan: Author who depicted Black, gay life in prose, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@rufuspolk: RT @TweettheSouth: NC writer Randall Kenan, a voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@jfsteil7: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@grammancino: Writer and Teacher #RandallKenan, 57, has Died - 5 years ago

@jfsteil7: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@OldManLumans: RT @FreemanReads: What a generous spirit Randall Kenan was - already warning us what spirits knew. Editing him he made it seem like you’d d… - 5 years ago

@jfsteil7: RT @TomBeerBooks: Just heard the awful news that Randall Kenan has died. Please read his story collection, IF I HAD TWO WINGS, which came o… - 5 years ago

@jfsteil7: RT @leighhaber: We’ve lost a great talent and a wonderful person in Randall Kenan. Here’s a story we ran Sending love to his family https:/… - 5 years ago

@NatashaRandall: RT @TomBeerBooks: Just heard the awful news that Randall Kenan has died. Please read his story collection, IF I HAD TWO WINGS, which came o… - 5 years ago

@GlobalLGBTNews: #RandallKenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose @ABC11_WTVD - 5 years ago

@deepamenon_: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@ADBoyntonII: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@_JoyCastro: RT @drdreher: Randall Kenan was our Artist in Residence 2010 in the Dept of English. He has made his transition yesterday, Aug 28, at the a… - 5 years ago

@joke2power: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@Phil_M_thinker: RT @CPhillipsPoet: Randall Kenan. A terrific writer, yes — but rarer than that, a deeply good man. Friend, fellow pilgrim — I’ll miss you.… - 5 years ago

@anna_chora: RT @rocketfantastic: Omg. If you saw Randall Kenan walking across Sarah Lawrence’s campus in the 90’s? The elegance & ferocity & so fucking… - 5 years ago

@griefcreativity: RT @kittenwithawhip: Oh god. I want to throw up. This is so cruel a loss. One of the most astonishing art experiences of my life was listen… - 5 years ago

@AdeleBatchelder: RT @SonofBaldwin: These years, all of them, are so terribly cruel that you wonder if the point of life is despair. Randall Kenan was a pur… - 5 years ago

@SJW_ForAll: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@boos_deborah: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@fidelioscabinet: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@breezedagreat: Randall Kenan 😢 - 5 years ago

@Vinitagarwal24: RT @kinohin: #RIP Randall Kenan, award-winning novelist and essayist, a voice of and for the Southern Black gay experience. More than any o… - 5 years ago

@StormLAC10: RT @mos_daf: This is immensely sad. And this is the second Black faculty member in @UNCECL in less than a year to join the ancestors. The… - 5 years ago

@SerenaWLin: I am so upset. Randall Kenan was one of my teachers. He was a kind and brilliant man, a wonderful writer. I cannot… - 5 years ago

@mythopoetica: RT @kittenwithawhip: Oh god. I want to throw up. This is so cruel a loss. One of the most astonishing art experiences of my life was listen… - 5 years ago

@Behembaba: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@siseko_mkalipi: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@Lady_Yinn: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@FreemanReads: What a generous spirit Randall Kenan was - already warning us what spirits knew. Editing him he made it seem like y… - 5 years ago

@PatrikIanPolk: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@guineps: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@guineps: RT @bkjwordplay: Thank you, Randall Kenan. You helped pave the way for Black gay writers. I salute you. - 5 years ago

@graceless0723: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose. 😢 - 5 years ago

@BlckPowerBottom: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@tigerbeat: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@lizditz: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@fardoudou: RT @RaviHoward: Randall Kenan gave us so much. Word after word. A heavy day. - 5 years ago

@ellen_prewitt: RT @silasdhouse: So very sad that Randall Kenan has left us. Few writers have been as kind and generous to me as Randall was. He always wen… - 5 years ago

@Iaetitia: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@BlerdMommy: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@lecagle: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@TarynJules: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@rhlowejr: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@sandrapoetry: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@BlckPowerBottom: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@PAlfredFontaine: It’s devastating to lose Randall Kenan. Heard him read and talk writing at Georgia State, he was phenomenal. Was so… - 5 years ago

@smithercell: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@stir_by_still: RT @lithub: "Can we seize the moment? We all must now readjust our thinking. The war has only just begun." Randall Kenan writes from Chapel… - 5 years ago

@smithercell: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@smithercell: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@kumoshiete: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@silas_hansen: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@melissafaliveno: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@Bryanspeaking: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@schrod1ngerskat: RT @LDarian: Professor Randall Kenan helped me get my whole life together when I was trying to pick a major. His creative writing course le… - 5 years ago

@maurahl99: RT @elenawonders: A few weeks ago, I read a story that I’ve thought of every day since. A story about death, and how we bend in order to pr… - 5 years ago

@robgreeneII: RT @zfelice: I was so delighted to meet Randall Kenan in the flesh at Southern Foodways a couple of years ago. Ooooh he was so nice. Just s… - 5 years ago

@reenashah: Amid this grief, here's a story: "God's Gonna Trouble the Water or, Where is Marisol?" by Randall Kenan Each eleme… - 5 years ago

@TheRealMsMurphy: UNC-Chapel Hill English professor, author Randall Kenan dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@amotherofajob: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@fizapirani: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@dawnlandes: Sad to just discover Randall Kenan days after he passed. This is powerful #RandallKenan RIP - 5 years ago

@jeniusj: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@MSFreePress: RT @Wralpheubanks: I was devastated to hear of the death of Randall Kenan, a former Grisham Writer in Residence at @MississippiMFA and a g… - 5 years ago

@coldbean: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@PhemSoul: Rest - 5 years ago

@blacklionking73: RT @DhalgrenHogg87: @likaluca White Whale Bookstore - Pittsburgh, PA Randall Kenan - If I Had Two Wings: Stories David Heska Wanbli Weiden… - 5 years ago

@Howard2Home: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@25thcenturygirl: RT @skepticalbrotha: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - ABC News - - 5 years ago

@drjendwilliams: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@paomonaya: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@enarepy: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@creneebailey: T'challa and Randall Kenan in the same weekend means that 2020 is a whole azz dumpster fire. At least they are with… - 5 years ago

@lequincampe: RT @elenawonders: A few weeks ago, I read a story that I’ve thought of every day since. A story about death, and how we bend in order to pr… - 5 years ago

@StromGottfried: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@tiptheecourt: RT @Dolen: Clearly I am reeling from this news. But let me tell you. If you are making a list of black writers that EVERYONE should read, R… - 5 years ago

@ecampbell535: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@troubled_sleep: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@_bravojuliet: RT @ferrismcf: Randall Kenan, NC resident and voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@MegTungstenGold: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@mattieleila: RT @juliebarer: And a great book to buy today would be IF I HAD TWO WINGS by Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@saalaharamkhor: American author Randall Kenan who depicted black, gay life in prose dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@BronzeAgeVamp: RT @Dolen: Clearly I am reeling from this news. But let me tell you. If you are making a list of black writers that EVERYONE should read, R… - 5 years ago

@EatPrayThot: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@backtoallen: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@gretchenpeters: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@jhvilas: RT @SCquarterly: Stunned to hear of the passing of our friend Randall Kenan. A beautiful writer, a beautiful soul. Sending love to his fami… - 5 years ago

@CindyBrookshire: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@jackie_kem: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@MrRDPierce: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@AMLewin: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@janetsomerville: RT @mat_johnson: Randall Kenan—what a sweet and brilliant man. I will never forget his smile, that calming timbre of his voice, or his uniq… - 5 years ago

@RealSallieHess: Dang it. I spend all day in the car and hear at bedtime that Randall Kenan is gone. It’s a hard one to process. He… - 5 years ago

@caseyelrod13: RT @ferrismcf: Randall Kenan, NC resident and voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@sottovoce11: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@torileighxvl: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@debbiecakes8299: RT @lithub: "Can we seize the moment? We all must now readjust our thinking. The war has only just begun." Randall Kenan writes from Chapel… - 5 years ago

@diggingellen: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@ToniRagusa: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@Shaloved30: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@TracyBaimWCMG: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@DrEFleming7: RT @DrOniBee: “Award-winning North Carolina writer Randall Kenan, the unapologetically Black, gay Southerner who used all his identities to… - 5 years ago

@JScottroller: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@_caradees_: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@nivairface: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@blackquisition: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@jensmyth: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@jacqofalltrades: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@moniquely_uniq: RT @SonofBaldwin: These years, all of them, are so terribly cruel that you wonder if the point of life is despair. Randall Kenan was a pur… - 5 years ago

@ruthesamuel: RT @LDarian: Professor Randall Kenan helped me get my whole life together when I was trying to pick a major. His creative writing course le… - 5 years ago

@JessCluess: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@QueenCityE: RT @DebbMelloWrites: When I was writing my book Graye, he told me to never stop listening to the story my characters wanted me to tell. He… - 5 years ago

@habet01: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@expendablemudge: RT @ReeAmilcarScott: I can never forget the kindness Randall Kenan showed me after my first book came out. My words are gone from me. This… - 5 years ago

@janicedavis_8: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @chayab77: All day, I had NO IDEA that Randall Kenan passed away. It seemed IMPOSSIBLE to me. I adored him. What an amazingly honest, gi… - 5 years ago

@haszombiesinit: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@UNCBlackCaucus: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@joustingsnail: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@A_Wild_Hathorr: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@OliverDepp: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@addiebrook: RT @LambdaLiterary: "Kenan was a writer who explored how desire, community, and generational trauma can both uplift and warp the black gay… - 5 years ago

@LooseAsADEUCE: RT @SonofBaldwin: These years, all of them, are so terribly cruel that you wonder if the point of life is despair. Randall Kenan was a pur… - 5 years ago

@Pubhistorian: RT @kinohin: #RIP Randall Kenan, award-winning novelist and essayist, a voice of and for the Southern Black gay experience. More than any o… - 5 years ago

@ZeeNewsEnglish: American author Randall Kenan who depicted black, gay life in prose dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@GabrielXHendri1: RT @HubCityPress: We are devastated at the loss of Randall Kenan, a magnificent voice and figure in Southern literature, a mentor, an award… - 5 years ago

@Sam_Rardin: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@writer_goblin: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@robyntomlin: RT @newsobserver: Colleagues and friends pay tribute to celebrated North Carolina author Randall Kenan, a voice of Southern literature. ht… - 5 years ago

@margot_lester: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@jewelbarnettphd: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@teganLIVE: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@HaikuSentence: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@rosepala: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@MoyruhJo: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@IJMeTV: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@shadjiyannakis: Letter from North Carolina: Learning from Ghosts of the Civil War | Literary Hub- Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@_JDP0208_: RT @mat_johnson: Randall Kenan—what a sweet and brilliant man. I will never forget his smile, that calming timbre of his voice, or his uniq… - 5 years ago

@Ayesha_Mattu: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@SonofBaldwin: These years, all of them, are so terribly cruel that you wonder if the point of life is despair. Randall Kenan was… - 5 years ago

@willcoley: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@stephestellar: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@GunniferJenning: RT @newsobserver: Colleagues and friends pay tribute to celebrated North Carolina author Randall Kenan, a voice of Southern literature. ht… - 5 years ago

@davedibenedetto: Damn, 2020. Julia Reed, Chadwick Boseman (who first appeared in G&G in 2014 thanks to @jessicamischner) and Randall… - 5 years ago

@joke2power: RT @ferrismcf: Randall Kenan, NC resident and voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@DrTTGreen: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@AlLeRoy96: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@craigmatsuda: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@duchessinaustin: RT @robertchow: gutted to hear that my writing teacher randall kenan has passed. he was wonderful and generous. in our first meeting after… - 5 years ago

@SassyProf: RT @ferrismcf: Randall Kenan, NC resident and voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@zips_veggie: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@zacklangway: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@brinabeear: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@ferrismcf: Randall Kenan, NC resident and voice of Southern literature, dies at 57 - 5 years ago

@soundingoutblog: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@BlackCatrachoBK: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@devislaskar: RT @EduardoCCorral: Randall Kenan has passed. He was so lovely and kind and welcoming. This one is so hard. Oh god. - 5 years ago

@RHamilton44: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@thrsdaygrl: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@queenalma19: RT @newsobserver: Colleagues and friends pay tribute to celebrated North Carolina author Randall Kenan, a voice of Southern literature. ht… - 5 years ago

@AllHailKellie: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@igallupd: RT @RaviHoward: Randall Kenan gave us so much. Word after word. A heavy day. - 5 years ago

@DevitaDavison: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@eleamurr: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@SevenEagleStars: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@chayab77: RT @brndnpr: RIP to Randall Kenan who just a couple of weeks ago captured this haunted time and place like nobody else could. - 5 years ago

@chayab77: RT @RaviHoward: Randall Kenan gave us so much. Word after word. A heavy day. - 5 years ago

@lorenaelizaq: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@oinkness: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@CSKawai: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@taggthewanderer: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@zorky52: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - Washington Times - 5 years ago

@Tooterbelle: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@FullerGo: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@ScottStroud1: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose (from @AP) Another talent gone too soon. - 5 years ago

@beccanalia: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@cauhboi: Randall Kenan was my mentor at VONA Voices in 2014, and I remember being inspired by his ability to be simultaneous… - 5 years ago

@richardhdent: interesting! RT @chayab77: All day, I had NO IDEA that Randall Kenan passed away. It seemed IMPOSSIBLE to me. I ado… - 5 years ago

@chayab77: All day, I had NO IDEA that Randall Kenan passed away. It seemed IMPOSSIBLE to me. I adored him. What an amazingly… - 5 years ago

@N7IRL: RT @UNCECL: Get ready to have a new favorite book! One of our amazing creative writing professors, Randall Kenan, has a new book coming out… - 5 years ago

@N7IRL: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@N7IRL: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@BooksByLilly: Randall Kenan Dead: Author & Professor Dies at 57 - - 5 years ago

@BooksBySimon: Randall Kenan Dead: Author & Professor Dies at 57 - - 5 years ago

@sagitairre: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@kreissdaniel: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@smalljones: RT @WritingestState: You can listen to Randall Kenan's @BuckarooBZ 2018 Keynote Address here: - 5 years ago

@gavin_rwg: RT @SCquarterly: Stunned to hear of the passing of our friend Randall Kenan. A beautiful writer, a beautiful soul. Sending love to his fami… - 5 years ago

@mononamus: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@Burn0321: RT @victorlavalle: A lovely man and a brilliant artist. Randall Kenan has died. His work remains. Read the work; read the work; read the… - 5 years ago

@mononamus: RT @brndnpr: RIP to Randall Kenan who just a couple of weeks ago captured this haunted time and place like nobody else could. - 5 years ago

@grape_surge0n: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@technothursday: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@missjenchoi: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@Broun1961: RT @kinohin: #RIP Randall Kenan, award-winning novelist and essayist, a voice of and for the Southern Black gay experience. More than any o… - 5 years ago

@Arrianna_Planey: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@PECKERHEAD4LYFE: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@DrEppsrobertson: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@likaluca: @andevers Surely you don’t mean Boseman, so guessing you are asking about Randall Kenan? - 5 years ago

@_scorp1o: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@HerHandsMyHands: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@racheleliza_g: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@itsme_rosalee: RT @kinohin: #RIP Randall Kenan, award-winning novelist and essayist, a voice of and for the Southern Black gay experience. More than any o… - 5 years ago

@Elysabethgrace: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@racheleliza_g: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@TheSugarHil: Rest In Power 💫✨ Wow Randall Kenan wrote 1 of my favorite novels 😞 - 5 years ago

@8grandk: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@marylande: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@Braddy478: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - 5 years ago

@callenderdates: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@FastCashRecords: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - 5 years ago

@analuciaraujo_: RT @kinohin: #RIP Randall Kenan, award-winning novelist and essayist, a voice of and for the Southern Black gay experience. More than any o… - 5 years ago

@ncsupers: RT @WakeTechPrez: World lost two great Tar Heels. Great writer, teacher and former ⁦@UNC⁩ classmate, Randall Kenan. And great actor and Tar… - 5 years ago

@ruthesamuel: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@falaheart: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@breakfastqueen1: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@Gregory_Wolfe: Learning about Randall Kenan's passing on the same day I heard about Chadwick Boseman just seems cruel. - 5 years ago

@ArnicaxRoss: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@DonnaBickford: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@debraj112: RT @victorlavalle: A lovely man and a brilliant artist. Randall Kenan has died. His work remains. Read the work; read the work; read the… - 5 years ago

@AtomAtkinson: RT @SolsticeMFA: The Solstice MFA community mourns the loss of our beloved friend and writer-in-residence, Randall Kenan. Randall meant so… - 5 years ago

@curly_villain: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@Tabaris_World: RT @RaviHoward: Randall Kenan gave us so much. Word after word. A heavy day. - 5 years ago

@AuthoressRedd: RT @KatoriHall: Our dear literary brother Randall Kenan gone too soon. So lucky to have been blessed by his words and his presence. UNC Eng… - 5 years ago

@SeattleNewsHeds: Seattle (WA) Times: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose. More #Seattle #news - - 5 years ago

@WWNortonLibrary: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@duskyliterati: RT @BlkLibraryGirl: Rest in peace, to the dearest, sweetest, most brilliant man, novelist, critic, and short story writer, Randall Kenan. P… - 5 years ago

@gay_rr_tolkien: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@kinohin: #RIP Randall Kenan, award-winning novelist and essayist, a voice of and for the Southern Black gay experience. More… - 5 years ago

@WWNortonLibrary: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@KathieDello: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@pugnosebeats: RT @Alacranita: Since April at UNC-CH, faculty of color lost include Perry Hall, Department of African, African American, &Diaspora Studies… - 5 years ago

@Alacranita: Randall Kenan’s smile in my doorway on a mundane weekday as I prepped or graded or read, his sweetness and his gene… - 5 years ago

@saraa190601: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@ADecoy15: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@CHSArtsGuy: RT @KatoriHall: Our dear literary brother Randall Kenan gone too soon. So lucky to have been blessed by his words and his presence. UNC Eng… - 5 years ago

@marzia_milazzo: RT @ADBoyntonII: We must give flowers to Randall Kenan. Black gay literature would look so different without works like An Visitation of Sp… - 5 years ago

@BanawanMinna: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@TALK1370: HEADLINES: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - 5 years ago

@keguro_: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@tamara_lucy: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@BlerdMommy: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@Broun1961: RT @william_sturkey: I knew and worked with Randall Kenan. He was a tender and generous man, ferocious and eloquent, a truly beautiful sou… - 5 years ago

@damonseils: RT @william_sturkey: I knew and worked with Randall Kenan. He was a tender and generous man, ferocious and eloquent, a truly beautiful sou… - 5 years ago

@Georgia02817578: Randall Kenan dies: Author depicted Black, gay life in prose - - 5 years ago

@sams_reckoning: RT @william_sturkey: I knew and worked with Randall Kenan. He was a tender and generous man, ferocious and eloquent, a truly beautiful sou… - 5 years ago

@SanderiaFaye: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@mignonmorowa: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@bposhea: Randall Kenan dies: Author, NC professor, depicted Black, gay life in prose - 5 years ago

@HubCityPress: We are devastated at the loss of Randall Kenan, a magnificent voice and figure in Southern literature, a mentor, an… - 5 years ago

@MsCindyRayshel: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@Americanforsure: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@tinahornsass: RT @SolsticeMFA: The Solstice MFA community mourns the loss of our beloved friend and writer-in-residence, Randall Kenan. Randall meant so… - 5 years ago

@SalvaViramas: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@duskyliterati: RT @zeldalockhart: I will miss YOU Randall Kenan. I am wishing your spirit all the freedom and sight and flight there is. Thank you for the… - 5 years ago

@allegra_hyde: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@HurstonWright: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@courtney_santo: If you haven’t read Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits, honor his passing by picking it up. @uofmemphis was l… - 5 years ago

@ArianaVigil: RT @william_sturkey: I knew and worked with Randall Kenan. He was a tender and generous man, ferocious and eloquent, a truly beautiful sou… - 5 years ago

@devislaskar: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@tatsandcatsva: @DrJenHo @SElizondoGriest @UNC @lithub Best thing I’ve seen on Twitter all day...this year continues to spiral into… - 5 years ago

@devislaskar: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@jerichobrown: RT @vperson: @ms_smyth @MelAlterSmith @TeachEnglishNC Randall Kenan was one of our NCETA Ragin-Rubin Award Winners. Sometime in the late 9… - 5 years ago

@cestegman: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@mignonmorowa: RT @mat_johnson: Randall Kenan—what a sweet and brilliant man. I will never forget his smile, that calming timbre of his voice, or his uniq… - 5 years ago

@angelique1z: RT @TheAmScho: We're sorry to see that Randall Kenan has passed. Read his insightful review of "The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison." htt… - 5 years ago

@5Xenophon5: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@23cschwartz: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @Wralpheubanks: I was devastated to hear of the death of Randall Kenan, a former Grisham Writer in Residence at @MississippiMFA and a g… - 5 years ago

@surlybassey: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@alexispauline: @jerichobrown Randall Kenan. Such a generous genius. Sending you love. - 5 years ago

@Relenita1: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@catupnorth: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@Kane007: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @wcboggess: A lot of bad news on here today, but I cannot believe Randall Kenan died. Every Confederate statue should be replaced by a s… - 5 years ago

@JPBowles: Sorry to learn of Randall Kenan's passing. He just published this beautiful essay about the way students are reimag… - 5 years ago

@TheGloryFires: rest peacefully, Randall Kenan. your words changed the way i look at this place and the stories we tell ourselves. - 5 years ago

@EricDarnell: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@amfyolo: RT @lithub: "Can we seize the moment? We all must now readjust our thinking. The war has only just begun." Randall Kenan writes from Chapel… - 5 years ago

@amfyolo: RT @aliciaawwright: I heard Randall Kenan read only a handful of otherwordly times, from the start of my writing life to graduate school, &… - 5 years ago

@NeilServen: RT @victorlavalle: A lovely man and a brilliant artist. Randall Kenan has died. His work remains. Read the work; read the work; read the… - 5 years ago

@mikescalise: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@shawnmooney: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@preppiecurler: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@SteveSteveduke: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@KimmieKim84: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@PluralFloral: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@likaluca: RT @JonnyDiamond: This letter came just a week ago. RIP, Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@MaynardLara: Marked as to-read: Let the Dead Bury Their Dead by Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@themorganglass: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@CordleJenny: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@themoneyiowe: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@ashpernpapers: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@Deer2Stephanie: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@TheEarlDenden: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@jatomic: RT @CDSDuke: Randall Kenan was a deeply cherished friend and colleague to many of us at the Center for Documentary Studies. His death is an… - 5 years ago

@Press53: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@maegwen: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@amasonny: RT @lauriemuchnick: Devastating news about Randall Kenan. Please run out and get a copy of his new book, IF I HAD TWO WINGS, his first fict… - 5 years ago

@kevinrfree: Letter from North Carolina: Learning from Ghosts of the Civil War by Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@IAmSophiaNelson: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@rhlowejr: RT @writing_moor: This all feels so strangely personal. Last year Toni Morrison left us. Now, Randall Kenan is gone. I can't put into words… - 5 years ago

@montiabd: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@nazubun: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@WakeTechPrez: World lost two great Tar Heels. Great writer, teacher and former ⁦@UNC⁩ classmate, Randall Kenan. And great actor a… - 5 years ago

@donaldhtaylorjr: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@GeraldBMoore41: RT @Dolen: Clearly I am reeling from this news. But let me tell you. If you are making a list of black writers that EVERYONE should read, R… - 5 years ago

@OnlineCrsLady: RT @BlkLibraryGirl: Rest in peace, to the dearest, sweetest, most brilliant man, novelist, critic, and short story writer, Randall Kenan. P… - 5 years ago

@DMHaselden3: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@PTSmith_Vt: @sibaerisch Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@Tabaris_World: RT @Dolen: Clearly I am reeling from this news. But let me tell you. If you are making a list of black writers that EVERYONE should read, R… - 5 years ago

@ManchurianDevil: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@brentonmbrock: RIP Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@juwanthewriter: RT @MarieMyungOkLee: RIP Randall Kenan, a brilliant writer, teacher, speaker, pure gold: from last week in @lithub - 5 years ago

@davidgura: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@juwanthewriter: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@KittyASheehan: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@PoeticJemz: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@tylercurtain: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@T_Callanan: RT @salesses: Holy shit, Randall Kenan died. One of my first CW professors, a great writer and teacher. Rest in power. So sad. - 5 years ago

@Barbiewithatude: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@FullerGo: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@lawrenceschimel: RT @Dolen: I would not be where I am today if it were not for Randall Kenan. He championed me when no one else did. He encouraged me when I… - 5 years ago

@MsStoreyBrooks: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@sebastianparamo: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@WriterRavenclaw: RT @Jennymcphee: I took over Randall Kenan's editorial assistant position at Knopf as he went on to bigger and better things. He had one of… - 5 years ago

@lawrenceschimel: RT @vonavoices: VONA mourns the loss of friend, colleague and mentor Randall Kenan. Randall’s fiction was so often about what it means to b… - 5 years ago

@lawrenceschimel: RT @victorlavalle: A lovely man and a brilliant artist. Randall Kenan has died. His work remains. Read the work; read the work; read the… - 5 years ago

@MikeKiggins: RT @mat_johnson: Randall Kenan—what a sweet and brilliant man. I will never forget his smile, that calming timbre of his voice, or his uniq… - 5 years ago

@cclaytonr: RT @DStone2RC: Randall Kenan has left us. May he rest in peace and love. #RandallKenan #BlackWriters #HurstonWright - 5 years ago

@ExpatNHongKong: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@JzonAzari: RT @KatoriHall: Our dear literary brother Randall Kenan gone too soon. So lucky to have been blessed by his words and his presence. UNC Eng… - 5 years ago

@panganibananita: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@jarsofshine: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@Crysanne1: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@bethmachlan: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@plmanseau: So sorry to learn of Randall Kenan’s passing. When @JeffSharlet & I commissioned writers to remake books of the Bib… - 5 years ago

@ThomDawkins: RT @BlkLibraryGirl: Rest in peace, to the dearest, sweetest, most brilliant man, novelist, critic, and short story writer, Randall Kenan. P… - 5 years ago

@DStone2RC: Randall Kenan has left us. May he rest in peace and love. #RandallKenan #BlackWriters #HurstonWright - 5 years ago

@DaChangeling: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@WilliamsWrite: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@ElmazWrites: Randall Kenan so gracious and beautiful. Missed good bye and thank you - 5 years ago

@EuroDissentNOLA: RT @Wralpheubanks: I was devastated to hear of the death of Randall Kenan, a former Grisham Writer in Residence at @MississippiMFA and a g… - 5 years ago

@elissafield: Watching everyone react to Randall Kenan’s passing is a gut punch and heartening to hear all the lives he touched.… - 5 years ago

@Samuel_Rutter: Shocked and saddened to hear of Randall Kenan’s passing overnight. An incredible writer, generous mentor & all-roun… - 5 years ago

@CharlesFinch: Randall Kenan's new book of short stories, which came out a few weeks ago. - 5 years ago

@Dolen: Clearly I am reeling from this news. But let me tell you. If you are making a list of black writers that EVERYONE s… - 5 years ago

@carolinefryar: Spending the rest of the afternoon by this makeshift altar; reading and communing with the gift of ENC magic that R… - 5 years ago

@Sansanut: RT @Wralpheubanks: I was devastated to hear of the death of Randall Kenan, a former Grisham Writer in Residence at @MississippiMFA and a g… - 5 years ago

@tinaantolini: RT @kittenwithawhip: Oh god. I want to throw up. This is so cruel a loss. One of the most astonishing art experiences of my life was listen… - 5 years ago

@joewriter: I just learned of the passing of the marvelous Randall Kenan. What a light his work brought to the world. May he re… - 5 years ago

@LindaRMonkJD: RT @Wralpheubanks: I was devastated to hear of the death of Randall Kenan, a former Grisham Writer in Residence at @MississippiMFA and a g… - 5 years ago

@CatherineHarke2: @Kalarigamerchic In NC we lost one of my favorite writers Randall Kenan, it’s beeen a sad day. - 5 years ago

@RubenQuesada: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@LizzieAlblas: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@GrahamWynd: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@GrahamWynd: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@EuroDissentNOLA: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@craigtimes: #RIP Randall Kenan, 57. His short story collection "Let the Dead Bury Their Dead" is terrific reading. - 5 years ago

@poisonedpen: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@ayydally: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@JamesWithers3: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@mactavish: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@simonxinhan: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@sheas_slap_shot: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@anniezillabeth: RT @EliseBlackwell: "It’s like a superpower, really, to be whom you want to be, to do what you want to do, to fly where you want to fly. Yo… - 5 years ago

@natthedem: “You have the power to define yourself...It’s like a superpower, really, to be whom you want to be, to do what you… - 5 years ago

@ThomasWYoung: With a heavy heart, I note the passing of fellow NC author Randall Kenan. His writing and mine are worlds apart. Bu… - 5 years ago

@ButtermilkRoad: RT @kittenwithawhip: Oh god. I want to throw up. This is so cruel a loss. One of the most astonishing art experiences of my life was listen… - 5 years ago

@martinlj: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@RantinBelle: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@DrKamalaUzzell: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@theforgeeic: RT @lindleylizestes: Randall Kenan's death is a terrible loss. I'm so lucky to have read and taught his work. His understanding of race and… - 5 years ago

@brenan_jill: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@pboudreaux99: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@Akinfe: RT @pswordwoman: RIP Randall Kenan. This year is brutal. - 5 years ago

@toothstudy: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@mayleechai: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@findingdanielle: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@JGray_Writer: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@tritribune: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@toothstudy: randall kenan :( - 5 years ago

@4stickers: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@Dolen: I would not be where I am today if it were not for Randall Kenan. He championed me when no one else did. He encoura… - 5 years ago

@ThomDawkins: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@redguju: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@Dolen: I am stunned and saddened to hear that my friend and mentor Randall Kenan has transitioned. This is unbearably pain… - 5 years ago

@Tzynya: RT @EmilyVanDuyne: Shocked & grieved to learn that Randall Kenan has died. His work changed who I read & how I wrote. Such a generous teach… - 5 years ago

@radical_reads: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@WCcherrytree: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@LFODRadio_: RT @bonitafrobum: My grandmomma always said death comes in threes. I spent days away from social media just to log on this morning and see… - 5 years ago

@chaninicholas: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@Matt_Stefon: RT @PaisleyRekdal: Just heard about Randall Kenan's passing. I still remember the brilliant reading he gave at Sewanee--now almost 22 years… - 5 years ago

@Azza_Alt: RT @cyreejarelle: A Visitation of Spirits and Let the Dead Bury Their Dead are indelible works of black gay horror. Randall Kenan’s work… - 5 years ago

@SSF2Santos: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@kittenwithawhip: Oh god. I want to throw up. This is so cruel a loss. One of the most astonishing art experiences of my life was lis… - 5 years ago

@maria_j_duran: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@donaldhtaylorjr: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@PictureDayMusic: So surreal watching Randall Kenan trending when I was watching him teach my zoom class three days ago bro what the hell is happening - 5 years ago

@SemiloreOlusa: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@kevingordonmuzk: Just learned that we lost the great writer Randall Kenan last night. Man, I’m done with loss, chaos, & darkness. I… - 5 years ago

@julimsw_juli: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@Suresh: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@bruinlover09: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@Les_The_Great: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@queerlycontent: RT @CherylStrayed: I’m saddened to hear that Randall Kenan has passed. He was a beautiful writer and a generous and kind man with so much w… - 5 years ago

@Azza_Alt: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@theheidifeed: Randall Kenan, too? Today is rough. - 5 years ago

@JorGoodwin: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@rfwilliford: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@AllegraJordan1: A prescient letter from a literary giant who died today, Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@JoyceCarolOates: RT @TheAmScho: We're sorry to see that Randall Kenan has passed. Read his insightful review of "The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison." htt… - 5 years ago

@moira_marquis: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@RustyFarmBot: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@drewmillard: RT @eddy_sarah: Really, really sad to hear that Randall Kenan has passed - a luminous teacher and writer. He published this just last week:… - 5 years ago

@KingsleyWoods: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@MikeKiggins: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@Just1cherries: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@BlaqueLiquor: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@johnmanuelarias: RT @MaazaMengiste: Randall Kenan. I taught with him at VONA and what I remember most vividly is his laughter and warmth. The light that ext… - 5 years ago

@HiltonKelly1: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@BridgetPieschel: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@tamarasiuda: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@mr_mokgoroane: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@duskyliterati: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@KieseLaymon: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@msyiet: RT @TyehimbaJess: RIP to Randall Kenan, whose fiction impacted me greatly. Another one leaving us too early. Thank you for the parting… - 5 years ago

@TheAmScho: We're sorry to see that Randall Kenan has passed. Read his insightful review of "The Selected Letters of Ralph Elli… - 5 years ago

@mattmarks_: RT @DaveDeWitt: Several @UNC faculty members are tweeting this morning that English prof/author Randall Kenan has died. I have not seen any… - 5 years ago

@maryking__: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@NCSU_99_17_24: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@AMidsummerNight: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@elenawonders: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@jwreedy: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@Wralpheubanks: RT @wrightallison: And now I'm learning of Randall Kenan's death. Such a lovely man, a brilliant writer. Here is "When We All Get to Heaven… - 5 years ago

@AmiStarRose36: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@Tim_Lives_Here: I am so saddened to hear about Randall Kenan's passing. He was an amazing prose writer and an absolutely wonderful… - 5 years ago

@DocDre: RT @AManYouLove_T: But they survived out in them swamps somehow or nother. Multiplied. Had youngens. Raided plantations. Slaves disappeared… - 5 years ago

@DebbieMoose: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@TimothyBraun42: RT @elenawonders: A few weeks ago, I read a story that I’ve thought of every day since. A story about death, and how we bend in order to pr… - 5 years ago

@ReeAmilcarScott: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@AMidsummerNight: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@Wralpheubanks: RT @william_sturkey: I knew and worked with Randall Kenan. He was a tender and generous man, ferocious and eloquent, a truly beautiful sou… - 5 years ago

@Dr_JessieW: RT @Wralpheubanks: I was devastated to hear of the death of Randall Kenan, a former Grisham Writer in Residence at @MississippiMFA and a g… - 5 years ago

@amyyylammm: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@NMNJorg: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@RevolutionBksB: RT @ReeAmilcarScott: I can never forget the kindness Randall Kenan showed me after my first book came out. My words are gone from me. This… - 5 years ago

@emilycgaj: RT @unccollege: We are sad to share the news that Randall Kenan, professor of English, died at his home this week. The College joins the Cr… - 5 years ago

@33Sail33Comb: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@mellian1: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@iFakeNormal: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@audiblevideo: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@UNChumanities: RT @unccollege: We are sad to share the news that Randall Kenan, professor of English, died at his home this week. The College joins the Cr… - 5 years ago

@Ellylion48: RT @gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan. It w… - 5 years ago

@WilliamWGarland: RT @EliseBlackwell: "It’s like a superpower, really, to be whom you want to be, to do what you want to do, to fly where you want to fly. Yo… - 5 years ago

@Chulegre: Adios Randall Kenan. You were full of it, but I loved you! - 5 years ago

@cesummary: Randall Kenan Death – Dead – Obituary : UNC Professor Passed Away. - 5 years ago

@gardenandgun: Yet another terrible loss. We are saddened to hear of the passing of the brilliant writer and teacher Randall Kenan… - 5 years ago

@jeanfuntango: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@softatrocity: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@UNCHealthyHeels: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@MadiMae910: RT @pswordwoman: RIP Randall Kenan. This year is brutal. - 5 years ago

@nickneedham: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@DhalgrenHogg87: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@jmdmalin: RT @elenawonders: A few weeks ago, I read a story that I’ve thought of every day since. A story about death, and how we bend in order to pr… - 5 years ago

@mskgaston: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@jmdmalin: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@BlackLGBTQplus: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@Devonality: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@rodgeau: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@atmosphere: RANDALL KENAN - 5 years ago

@GhostComet1812: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@Mwmcgonagle3: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@rodgeau: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@LuciSkydyme: RT @james_aura: Author and scholar Randall Kenan of Hillsborough, NC has died at age 57, Rest in Peace #authors - 5 years ago

@lisa2keller: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@suhhseal: RT @rebeccabengal: This week is relentless. Extremely sad to hear of the passing of NC author Randall Kenan, brilliant, Black, queer, rural… - 5 years ago

@rodgeau: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@chhogans: RT @lithub: "Can we seize the moment? We all must now readjust our thinking. The war has only just begun." Randall Kenan writes from Chapel… - 5 years ago

@sorcerapprent: @EliseBlackwell Randall Kenan changed my life forever when he selected my short story "Davy Crockett's Last Stand"… - 5 years ago

@UNCandCommunity: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@DopeMsNoir: RT @lithub: "Can we seize the moment? We all must now readjust our thinking. The war has only just begun." Randall Kenan writes from Chapel… - 5 years ago

@encarta1997: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@PoetRose: Beautiful. R.I.P., Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@AManYouLove_T: But they survived out in them swamps somehow or nother. Multiplied. Had youngens. Raided plantations. Slaves disapp… - 5 years ago

@queerlycontent: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@calreid: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@BernardMCox: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@BernardMCox: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@BernardMCox: RT @UNCECL: Get ready to have a new favorite book! One of our amazing creative writing professors, Randall Kenan, has a new book coming out… - 5 years ago

@ghostyGremlin: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@BernardMCox: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@BernardMCox: RT @mat_johnson: Randall Kenan—what a sweet and brilliant man. I will never forget his smile, that calming timbre of his voice, or his uniq… - 5 years ago

@BernardMCox: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@josinaguess: RT @lithub: "Can we seize the moment? We all must now readjust our thinking. The war has only just begun." Randall Kenan writes from Chapel… - 5 years ago

@WhitingFdn: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@JerryGersh1: RT @Tfrazier_1772: Saddened to hear author Randall Kenan passed away last night. This text remains a fantastic exploration of America. Our… - 5 years ago

@WhitingFdn: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@cyreejarelle: Randall Kenan understood the blessings and burdens of being a black gay person in a rural environment as few ever h… - 5 years ago

@GibneyShannon: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@DaveDeWitt: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@cestegman: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@ADBoyntonII: We must give flowers to Randall Kenan. Black gay literature would look so different without works like An Visitatio… - 5 years ago

@ppbrooks: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@kevinrfree: Randall Kenan, one of my favorite writers, has passed away. His book, A Visitation of Spirits, is one I come back t… - 5 years ago

@SipotaiMelody: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@alaraemonts: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@DrSonyaLB: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@donsinnc: Just learned of the death this week of Randall Kenan. My instructor @sewaneewriters a wonderful man with great insi… - 5 years ago

@robbimax: Does anyone know where one can read a Randall Kenan story? Google searches are not bringing me to any published online #RandallKenan RIP 🙏🏻 - 5 years ago

@photogriot: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@SipotaiMelody: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@ProfAntBlack: Damn...Randall Kenan and Cliff Robinson! Most of my TL will know one name or the other, but both were from pool of Black genius. - 5 years ago

@sorcerapprent: @HubCityGeorge Randall Kenan changed my life when he selected my short story "Davy Crockett's Last Stand" as winner… - 5 years ago

@LaNovellaSerena: RT @TananariveDue: I am so sorry to hear about the death of Randall Kenan. A golden soul and a brilliant writer. - 5 years ago

@NatashaRandall: RT @xiankiefer: Global pandemic. Lunatic in the white house. Randall Kenan and Chadwick Boseman. Fires in California. Hurricanes in the Gul… - 5 years ago

@cestegman: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@ADBoyntonII: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@reluctantlyjoe: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@erinbelieu: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@colinjones: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@erinbelieu: RT @RaviHoward: Randall Kenan gave us so much. Word after word. A heavy day. - 5 years ago

@astarottie: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@photogriot: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@randyjacksnluvr: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@ArtsEverywhere: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@erinbelieu: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@somethingabtkm: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@ArtsEverywhere: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@AManYouLove_T: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@kimannjosouth: RT @lindleylizestes: Randall Kenan's death is a terrible loss. I'm so lucky to have read and taught his work. His understanding of race and… - 5 years ago

@dykearchive: RT @cyreejarelle: A Visitation of Spirits and Let the Dead Bury Their Dead are indelible works of black gay horror. Randall Kenan’s work… - 5 years ago

@vildechayeh: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@sydneyhopes: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@HankTroutWriter: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@cyreejarelle: A Visitation of Spirits and Let the Dead Bury Their Dead are indelible works of black gay horror. Randall Kenan’s… - 5 years ago

@reluctantlyjoe: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@AthMusicJunkie: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@AllieBartonUNC: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@freshjazifresh: RT @CynthiaGreenlee: Randall Kenan taught me that Black kids from North Carolina could be writers. I’m thankful for that, but more thankful… - 5 years ago

@xRenex_: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@jerichobrown: RT @rocketfantastic: Memory eternal Randall Kenan. Beloved friend. Beloved colleague. Best next door office neighbor. Best heart. Best ange… - 5 years ago

@PhoebeJournal: RT @lindleylizestes: Randall Kenan's death is a terrible loss. I'm so lucky to have read and taught his work. His understanding of race and… - 5 years ago

@apika1ia: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@StevenW68148281: Was very sad to learn of Randall Kenan's death this morning. This recent piece by Randall sums up these times so we… - 5 years ago

@underoak: RT @chpublib: In a season of losing heroes, we lost a literary one today. Celebrate the life and words of Randall Kenan with this reading l… - 5 years ago

@cyreejarelle: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@tontonlove: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@DJ_Rogers: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@cyreejarelle: stop. not Randall Kenan too. damn. - 5 years ago

@jerichobrown: RT @MorganJerkins: Last night both Chadwick Boseman and Randall Kenan passed away. I could just lie down and sleep all day. - 5 years ago

@maverickcalgary: RT @xiankiefer: Global pandemic. Lunatic in the white house. Randall Kenan and Chadwick Boseman. Fires in California. Hurricanes in the Gul… - 5 years ago

@NCStories: Column from the late Randall Kenan: 'Letter from North Carolina: Learning from Ghosts of the Civil War' - 5 years ago

@xiankiefer: Global pandemic. Lunatic in the white house. Randall Kenan and Chadwick Boseman. Fires in California. Hurricanes in… - 5 years ago

@hmvanderhart: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@MaureenPilk: @TomBeerBooks @KirkusReviews Such sad news. Remember him and his work so fondly. RIP, Randall Kenan. 🙏 - 5 years ago

@cc_colton_novel: RT @corinnemanning: Randall Kenan 💓 - 5 years ago

@NCStories: RT @james_aura: Author and scholar Randall Kenan of Hillsborough, NC has died at age 57, Rest in Peace #authors - 5 years ago

@carlaidiaz: So saddened to lose Randall Kenan. A formidable writer & compassionate teacher. Thank you RGK for touching our live… - 5 years ago

@PatriciaSawin: I grieve to share the tragic news of the death of my colleague Randall Kenan. It was such a gift just to pass him i… - 5 years ago

@HannahDAbrams: RT @WritingestState: Randall Kenan @BuckarooBZ was a friend and colleague who will be missed, terribly. Please join us in remembering a fin… - 5 years ago

@LippoLipp: With the passing of Randall Kenan, the world is a much darker place. His luminous books are such a gift. - 5 years ago

@Phillyilj: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@AdamOPrice: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@leslierowen: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@ocho_deuce: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@danobrienwriter: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@AdamLeedsLatham: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@james_aura: Author and scholar Randall Kenan of Hillsborough, NC has died at age 57, Rest in Peace #authors - 5 years ago

@bdoylephotos: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@padakitty: RT @WritingestState: Randall Kenan @BuckarooBZ was a friend and colleague who will be missed, terribly. Please join us in remembering a fin… - 5 years ago

@byvanessalewis: RT @SolsticeMFA: The Solstice MFA community mourns the loss of our beloved friend and writer-in-residence, Randall Kenan. Randall meant so… - 5 years ago

@AdrianEKoesters: RIP, Mr. Randall Kenan. - 5 years ago

@EJLevy: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@leahcstewart: RT @sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who inspire… - 5 years ago

@MrToade: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@cestegman: Randall Kenan has passed away. This is so terrible. - 5 years ago

@xprospere: Chadwick Boseman Cliff Robinson & Randall Kenan Lord, may Black folks please get a break... - 5 years ago

@bkbusy718: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@AFalomo: I'm exhausted. Came back on here to see Randall Kenan died yesterday too? I read A Visitation of Spirits last year… - 5 years ago

@sewaneewriters: We are mourning the immense loss of Randall Kenan, a beloved member of our community. Such a beautiful soul who ins… - 5 years ago

@NCStories: RT @MaryBethDixie1: Randall Kenan, UNC English prof famed for writings on black & gay culture, dead at 57: - 5 years ago

@llsssn: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@jeberle901: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@AKUTIZEN: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@eggandart: RT @MaazaMengiste: Randall Kenan. I taught with him at VONA and what I remember most vividly is his laughter and warmth. The light that ext… - 5 years ago

@karmenkorral: RT @deadpeoplecom: A moment of silence for Randall Kenan - #RandallKenan #Randall #Kenan #rip - 5 years ago

@texasinafrica: RT @KieseLaymon: This was the last night I saw Randall Kenan, the night he introduced me in front of Callie Barr's house. I feel like the s… - 5 years ago

@lauragraceb: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@Ru_Ruu: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@LanisWilson: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@FaylitaHicks: RT @ACrankyProf: i am utterly destroyed by the loss of randall kenan, my fanboy obsession, my sweet friend, our brilliant light. please eve… - 5 years ago

@texasinafrica: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@DrProfBlackLady: RT @rscottheath: Bless Randall Kenan and his loved ones. - 5 years ago

@DrProfBlackLady: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@rgummere: RT @WritingestState: Randall Kenan @BuckarooBZ was a friend and colleague who will be missed, terribly. Please join us in remembering a fin… - 5 years ago

@usmantm: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@DecarceralBlack: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@jerichobrown: RT @rscottheath: Bless Randall Kenan and his loved ones. - 5 years ago

@gamelin_m: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@NickMontemarano: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@EmrysJournal: RT @HubCityGeorge: RIP great, kind, brilliant Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@tweetcandler: Some of Randall Kenan's final words to us. Haunting and ghostly in the wake of his own death, but like Kenan himsel… - 5 years ago

@kbywrites: RT @eddy_sarah: Really, really sad to hear that Randall Kenan has passed - a luminous teacher and writer. He published this just last week:… - 5 years ago

@Jennifer_Haupt: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@DrScaredWriter: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@iounalao: RT @ashoncrawley: RIP to Randall Kenan. this year. so much. unbearable. - 5 years ago

@capnleela: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@bbyuce: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

@iounalao: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@Angusmac76: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@ejgerden: Rest in peace Randall Kenan - an incredibly talented writer. Blessed I had the chance to be in his class - 5 years ago

@anjalienjeti: RT @jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@BookshopGhost: RT @elizmccracken: So sad to hear of the death of Randall Kenan. I love his work, especially Let The Dead Bury Their Dead. - 5 years ago

@jerichobrown: You can put the death of Randall Kenan high on the list of awful things that have happened to the South. - 5 years ago

@sangchee: RT @ACrankyProf: i am utterly destroyed by the loss of randall kenan, my fanboy obsession, my sweet friend, our brilliant light. please eve… - 5 years ago

@alyssawaking: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@FayeRapoDesPres: RT @EliseBlackwell: "It’s like a superpower, really, to be whom you want to be, to do what you want to do, to fly where you want to fly. Yo… - 5 years ago

@BlerdTrekkie: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@bbyuce: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@NathalieWith1H: RANDALL KENAN - 5 years ago

@AnthonyABC11: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@tylercurtain: RT @UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with grief at the… - 5 years ago

@JorGoodwin: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@jwilson1812: RT @amasonny: Haven't wanted to post of Randall Kenan's passing til confirmation that his family is informed, still not confirmed this am.… - 5 years ago

@idkanything86: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@BuKeisha: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@cool_v: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@NicoH715: RT @unccollege: We are sad to share the news that Randall Kenan, professor of English, died at his home this week. The College joins the Cr… - 5 years ago

@peiferlabunc: RT @brndnpr: RIP to Randall Kenan who just a couple of weeks ago captured this haunted time and place like nobody else could. - 5 years ago

@NicoH715: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@dhhutzler: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@duskyliterati: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@katherineggrace: RT @jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@theravenmonroe: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@TurboQueerJC: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@FoxxyGlamKitty: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@ce_archerhelke: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@readactedbih: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@AlgiersLady: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@sethsawyers: I only met this kind man Randall Kenan briefly, when I was buying a toothbrush at a campus bookstore, but in those… - 5 years ago

@mckenziewark: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@elknight20: RT @LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. Rest… - 5 years ago

@LambdaLiterary: We are stunned and saddened by the news of Randall Kenan's death. His writing and teaching touched so many of us. R… - 5 years ago

@idkanything86: RT @tylercurtain: I am crushed to learn a bit ago that the extraordinary writer and teacher Randall Kenan died last night. He was a dear co… - 5 years ago

@Kimgtrue2me: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@quincee: RT @CathyNDavidson: Rest in peace beautiful and brilliant Randall Kenan. I had the privilege to be his colleague for a few years. His geniu… - 5 years ago

@girlact75: RT @KomesiaU: Randall Kenan. Griot. I speak his name. - 5 years ago

@hlsmith_2: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@HubCityGeorge: RIP great, kind, brilliant Randall Kenan - 5 years ago

@UNCECL: We lost an incredible friend, colleague, mentor, professor & literary giant. Our collective hearts are aching with… - 5 years ago

@SarahPinsker: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@lauriemuchnick: Devastating news about Randall Kenan. Please run out and get a copy of his new book, IF I HAD TWO WINGS, his first… - 5 years ago

@KentWascom: Randall Kenan’s A Visitation of Spirits absolutely changed me as a writer and a person from the moment a kind profe… - 5 years ago

@akilidav: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@McFlyCahill90: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@SusanBrooks62: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@CortPhilMeri: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@MegZ4UNC: RT @UNCBlackCaucus: We are saddened by the loss of our dear colleague and friend Professor Randall G. Kenan. Our deepest condolences to his… - 5 years ago

@OnCarizo: RT @ACrankyProf: i am utterly destroyed by the loss of randall kenan, my fanboy obsession, my sweet friend, our brilliant light. please eve… - 5 years ago

@peiferlabunc: RT @unccollege: We are sad to share the news that Randall Kenan, professor of English, died at his home this week. The College joins the Cr… - 5 years ago

@serial_eyes: RT @nickwhite1985: I cannot quite wrap my head around the news that Randall Kenan has passed. His novel, A VISITATION OF SPIRITS, continues… - 5 years ago

@SceneOnRadio: RT @CDSDuke: Randall Kenan was a deeply cherished friend and colleague to many of us at the Center for Documentary Studies. His death is an… - 5 years ago

@Toot2006Sal: RT @keithboykin: I am deeply sorry to learn of the loss of Randall Kenan. He was an award-winning author and gifted storyteller. I was priv… - 5 years ago

@dokibunni: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@iamToluDaniel: just found out that randall kenan passed on today also. what a day. - 5 years ago

@linnieVII: RT @belle_abroad: Randall Kenan, ushering a class of writers through their honors theses, gave us all nicknames (to keep us from being too… - 5 years ago

@bookdal: RT @WritingestState: Randall Kenan @BuckarooBZ was a friend and colleague who will be missed, terribly. Please join us in remembering a fin… - 5 years ago

@DonnaLanclos: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@murkijee: Chadwick Boseman, Cliff Robinson, Randall Kenan - all gone so young. RIP - 5 years ago

@katelyngray19: RT @SCquarterly: Stunned to hear of the passing of our friend Randall Kenan. A beautiful writer, a beautiful soul. Sending love to his fami… - 5 years ago

@BigDumbSlut: RT @rosswhite: Randall Kenan was a beacon in this world: a light, a warmth, a hope. His laugh was the greatest laugh on the planet. His wor… - 5 years ago

@deadpeoplecom: A moment of silence for Randall Kenan - #RandallKenan #Randall #Kenan #rip - 5 years ago

@rebeccabengal: RT @SCquarterly: Stunned to hear of the passing of our friend Randall Kenan. A beautiful writer, a beautiful soul. Sending love to his fami… - 5 years ago

@The_Big_Quiet: RT @oprahmagazine: Sending our sincerest condolences to the family of writer and teacher Randall Kenan, who passed away last night. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@ephiphany_13: What a loss, RIP Randall Kenan ❤️ - 5 years ago

@notComey: RT @davidgura: "For me—a poor black boy from the swamps of Eastern North Carolina—the Civil War was far from a lost cause, let alone a done… - 5 years ago

@wakamint: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@Bridges253: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@tylercurtain: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@bbjmack: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@Webwight: RT @ReeAmilcarScott: I can never forget the kindness Randall Kenan showed me after my first book came out. My words are gone from me. This… - 5 years ago

@CherylStrayed: I’m saddened to hear that Randall Kenan has passed. He was a beautiful writer and a generous and kind man with so m… - 5 years ago

@chiaxiong: RT @KosherSoul: Ok....sorry #LGBTQIAofTwitter #LGBT we lost a literary hero...Randall Kenan a proud gay Black man and the author of A Visit… - 5 years ago

@edillond: RT @unccollege: We are sad to share the news that Randall Kenan, professor of English, died at his home this week. The College joins the Cr… - 5 years ago

@patrickmccolery: RT @EricDarnell: I’m sorry and so sad that one of my favorite authors, Randall Kenan, has passed away. His glorious writing was among works… - 5 years ago

@tylercurtain: RT @read_pride: We are recognizing the work of 29 #queer #blackauthors in celebration of #blackhistorymonth: #11 - Randall Kenan (@Buckaroo… - 5 years ago

@PhilKlay: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@suhhseal: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@TimJY: RT @AtomAtkinson: Rest in power, Randall Kenan. I was lucky to be at LSU when he visited. A fiction reading that knocked this poet out. - 5 years ago

@erinbelieu: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@WRALAaron: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@blaiseallysen: RT @alexanderchee: Devastating to learn Randall Kenan has died, and just as we got a new book from him, long awaited. - 5 years ago

@jdgtranen: RT @blgtylr: If you're feeling heart heavy about Randall Kenan's passing, you can read one of his stories here: - 5 years ago

@byvanessalewis: @oprahmagazine Thankful there was an opportunity for me to be taught by Randall Kenan before his passing. What an incredible loss 🙏🏾 - 5 years ago

@jerichobrown: Randall Kenan is the best of us. I don’t believe this. - 5 years ago

@AndySpecht: RT @WRAL: Breaking News: Randall Kenan, UNC English professor and influential writer in the Black and gay communities, dies - 5 years ago

@MikeCooperJr: RT @nickripatrazone: Randall Kenan (RIP) on the stories that haunt us. - 5 years ago

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