A defiant yet vulnerable memoir that Laymon started writing when he was eleven, Heavy is an insightful exploration of weight, identity, art, friendship and family. In Heavy, by attempting to name secrets and lies that he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, Laymon asks himself, his mother, his nation and us to confront the terrifying possibility that few know how to love responsibly, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free. The story of the black male experience in America you've never read before Kiese Laymon grew up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi.įrom his early experiences of sexual violence to his suspension from college, to his career as a young college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, abuse, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing and ultimately gambling. Kiese Laymon, 'Heavy: An American Memoir'Laymon’s novel, Long Division, was named to several Best Of lists in 2013 and his collection of autobiographical ess. 'An act of truth-telling unlike any other I can think of' ALEXANDER CHEEA 'So beautifully written, so insightful, so thoughtful, so honest, so vulnerable, so intimate.
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