Heavy: An American Memoir
by:
Kiese Laymon (author)
Provocative and genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon sets out to lose 150 pounds in a year, talks with his mother and grandmother about their relationships to “weight” in America—and chronicles what a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception do to a black body, a black family, and a...
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Provocative and genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon sets out to lose 150 pounds in a year, talks with his mother and grandmother about their relationships to “weight” in America—and chronicles what a lifetime of secrets, lies, and deception do to a black body, a black family, and a nation teetering on the brink of moral collapse. Kiese Laymon is a fearless wri
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ISBN:
9781501125652
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This is a well-written short memoir about the author’s family, body, and experiences as a black boy and man in America. Kiese Laymon is an English professor from Mississippi, and this memoir starts when he was 11 and continues through his 40s, though of course covering so many years in 241 pages mea...
Kiese Laymon is one of the best contemporary writers that I know of.It was a challenge to stay present for this narrative & to let its painful moments settle into my body & my understanding. But this is a book that mattered to me instantly & I think you should read it.----"Nothing I'd read in school...
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