![]() ![]() Kiese Laymon writes of his mother "You modeled a rugged love. It's masculinity it all its self-consuming threat and secret beauty. It's raw and vulnerable and suffused with fiercest seeing. Excellent * New York Times * Quite simply, Heavy is one of the most important and intense books of the year because of the unyielding, profoundly original and utterly heartbreaking way it addresses and undermines expectations for what exactly it's like to possess and make use of a male black body in America * Los Angeles Times * It's a book aching with heart yet proffering no illusions. If this book succeeds as a thoughtful and hard-wrought examination of how a black man came into his own in a country determined to prevent that from happening, it's because of the painstaking manner in which Laymon walks the reader through the various perils and costs of striving. ![]() ![]() Just wow - Roxane Gay, author of 'Hunger' Brilliant and ground-shaking - Elizabeth Gilbert Unflinchingly honest - Reni Eddo-Lodge Laymon's writing, as rich and elegant as mahogany, offers us comfort even as we grapple with his book's unflinching honesty. A gift - Jesmyn Ward, TLS Books of the Year Oh my god. So beautifully written, so insightful, so thoughtful, so honest, so vulnerable, so intimate. ![]()
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