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Heavy: An American Memoir

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*Named a Best Book of 2018 by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, Buzzfeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (

Author: Kiese Laymon
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 03/05/2019
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781501125669


Award: Kirkus Prize - Finalist

About the Author
Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Kiese Laymon is the Ottilie Schillig Professor in English and Creative Writing at the University of Mississippi and author of the novel Long Division, the memoir Heavy, and the essay collection How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. He was recently named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.