HEAVY

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 co llege professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimatel y gambling. Heavy is a gorgeous, guttinggenerous (The New York Times) memoir that combines personal stories with piercing intelle ct to refle...[Read more]