Heavy by Kiese Laymon

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Kiese Laymon grew 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 his trek to New York as a young college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, abuse, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing and ultimately gambling. By attempting to name secrets he and his mother spent a lifetime avoiding, Laymon confronts the terrifying possibility that few know how to love responsibly, and even fewer want to live under the weight of actually becoming free.