Heavy // An American Memoir
• Kiese Laymon • ISBN 9781501125669
Heavy // An American Memoir
• Kiese Laymon • ISBN-13 9781501125669
ISBN-10 1501125664 • 2019
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ISBN 9781501125669 • Completeness 51
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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.
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