Heavy by Kiese Laymon Whisked from her home in

Whisked from her home in Cairo

This ambitious work breaks new ground

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Heavy by Kiese Laymon Whisked from her home inNonfiction Kiese Laymon The best and most important read in YEARS. In Heavy, Kiese Laymon details the complexities of our addictionsto being hurt and hurting othersin ways that simultaneously honor the past while looking ahead. In writing this memoir, Laymon flexes the ability to examine his multi layered life and the structures of his identity: as a professor, as a son, as a Black man, as a compassionate human being. His voice never hesitates while