Che cosa accade al corpo di un uomo di colore, a una famiglia afroamericana, dopo una vita intera di segreti, bugie e violenza? Con Il giusto peso, il suo «memoir americano», Kiese Laymon tenta di rispondere a questa domanda mettendosi a nudo – dalla violenza sessuale al primo amore, dalla sospensione dal college al lavoro come professore universitario – e ripercorrendo il lungo viaggio che si è reso necessario per affrontare i grandi nodi della sua vita: la famiglia, il peso, il sesso, il...

*Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times**Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and Finalist for the Kirkus Prize**Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly,NPR, Broadly, BuzzFeed, and more*The powerful, provocative, award-winning, and universally lauded memoir by genre-bending essayist and nove...

_______________'So beautifully written, so insightful, so thoughtful, so honest, so vulnerable, so intimate ... A gift' - Jesmyn Ward'Wow. Just wow' - Roxane Gay'Unflinchingly honest' - Reni Eddo-Lodge'An act of truth-telling unlike any other I can think of' - Alexander Chee_______________A TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR

A New York Times Notable BookA 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 newedition of award-winnin...

Uma memória, uma confissão, uma catarse. Entre relatos dilacerantes e sempre vigiado por uma onipresente (e rígida) mãe, Kiese Laymon disseca sua própria vida neste que talvez seja um dos livros mais sinceros dos últimos anos. Um texto escrito não só com palavras, mas também com dor, ginga, peso, subversões da língua e abundância negra. E que reverbera dentro de nós uma pergunta de difícil resposta: até onde a vida nos dobra?

CORETTA SCOTT KING ILLUSTRATOR HONOR BOOK • A lyrical picture book from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable.Three Black boys spend one special summer expl...

Kiese Laymon växer upp i ett litet hus i Jackson, Mississippi fullt med böcker. Hans mamma är den framstående statsvetaren i staden som varje dag ger sonen i läxa att skriva uppsatser om Faulkner och amerikanska presidenter. Hennes son ska aldrig vara rädd för ord. Hanska inte säga ain’t. Och han ska veta exakt hur man beter sig när man har med polisen att göra. Kiese Laymon fostras att bli den oklanderlige svarta mannen som ingen vit människa i världen kan sätta sig på....

Nei tredici saggi che compongono questa raccolta Kiese Laymon sonda la propria vita personale trattando questioni legate a razza, famiglia, violenza e successo e mettendole in relazione alla cultura e alla società americana. Ricostruisce il dilagare della pandemia mettendo in luce la nostra incapacità di prenderci cura gli uni degli altri; ripercorre il processo di revisione del suo esordio letterario, per ricordare quanto un tempo lo sguardo esterno abbia inciso sulla sua vocazione di scr...

A lyrical audiobook from the award-winning author of Heavy, about three Black boys who form a deep connection during a transformative summer trip down South to visit family.On the ground of that garden, covered in vegetables and dirt, coated in laughter, I want to say that the Mississippi and New York in our Black boy bodies were indistinguishable.Three Black boys spend one special summer exploring the Mississippi woods and woulds and coul...

'I was stunned into stillness' Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist'I've had guns pulled on me by four people under Central Mississippi skies – once by a white undercover cop, once by a young brother trying to rob me for the left-overs of a weak work-study check, once by my mother and twice by myself. Not sure how or if I've helped many folks say yes to life, but I've definitely aided in a few folks dying slowly in America, all without the aid of a gun'

Winner of the NAACP Image Award for FictionFrom the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Heavy, comes a “funny, astute, searching” (The Wall Street Journal) debut novel about Black teenagers that is a satirical exploration of celebrity, authorship, violence, religion, and coming of age in post-Katrina Mississippi.Written in a voice that’s alternately humorous, lacerating, and wise, Long Division features two ...

In over a dozen interviews, Conversations with Kiese Laymon provides an in-depth look at author Kiese Laymon as an educator, creative writer, activist, family member, and Mississippian. Interviews capture surprising insights into Laymon’s life and craft. Within these pages, Laymon talks about his engagement with other writers, including Richard Wright, William Faulkner, and Eudora Welty. These revelations situate his memoir, Heavy, among other great Mississippi autobiogra...