Kiese Laymon
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about the physical manifestations of violence, grief, trauma, and abuse on his own body. He writes of his own eating disorder and gambling addiction as well as similar issues that run throughout his family. Through self-exploration, storytelling, and honest conversation with family and friends, Heavy seeks to bring what has been hidden into the light and to reckon with all of its myriad sources, from the most...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the 'star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful" (NPR)... Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. This new edition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon's first work of nonfiction looks...
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From a critically acclaimed group of writers comes an essay collection about what they wish they could share with their mothers--the hilarious, the painful, the awkward, and the downright messy. Raw and poignant, this is an anthology that will resonate with anyone who's ever had a mother." -- Back cover.
"As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize...