Heavy: An American Memoir

2019 Submission
Written By Michelle Samplin-Salgado
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Kiese Laymon
Scribner

In Heavy, Kiese Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed Black son to a complicated and brilliant Black mother in Jackson, Mississippi.

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Michelle Samplin-Salgado
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