Overview
In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoirāwinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prizeāgenre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon āprovocatively meditates on his trauma growing up as a black man, and in turn crafts an essential polemic against American moral rotā (Entertainment Weekly).
In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. Heavy is a āgorgeous, guttingā¦generousā (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intellect to reflect both on the strife of American society and on Laymonās experiences with abuse. By attempting to name secrets and lies he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, he asks us to confront the terrifying possibility that few in this nation actually know how to responsibly love, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.
āA book for people who appreciated Roxane Gayās memoir Hungerā (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel), Heavy is defiant yet vulnerable, an insightful, often comical exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship, and family through years of haunting implosions and long reverberations. āYou wonāt be able to put [this memoir] downā¦It is packed with reminders of how black dreams get skewed and deferred, yet are also pregnant with the possibility that a kind of redemption may lie in intimate grappling with black realitiesā (The Atlantic).
This book title, Heavy (An American Memoir) - 9781501125669, ISBN: 9781501125669, by Kiese Laymon, published by Scribner (March 5, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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