 BRANDON: NORTH CAROLINA AUTHOR
RANDALL KENAN HAS DIED.
UNC CHAPEL HILL, WHERE HE TAUGHT
AS AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR,
CONFIRMED HIS DEATH ON SATURDAY.
KENAN’S STORIES EXPLORED THE
EXPERIENCE OF BEING BLACK AND
GAY IN THE SOUTH.
KENAN GREW UP IN NORTH CAROLINA
AND ATTENDED UNC, RECEIVING HIS
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN 1985.
HIS 1992 COLLECTION OF SHORT
STORIES, "LET THE DEAD BURY
THEIR DEAD," RECEIVED CRITICAL
ACCLAIM.
RANDALL KENAN WA
