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A review by madelinemaesmith
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
5.0
5⭐️/5
WOW. The prose is daring, the topics layered and beautifully written, and the realities of moving through the world in a Black body devastating. An expert exploration of language as much as it is a raw and harrowing retelling of his experiences from adolescence to adulthood with abuse, shame, body image, racism, addiction, masculinity, trauma, and so much more. A memoir that reads like a devastating poem. This book is indeed heavy in every sense of the word.
WOW. The prose is daring, the topics layered and beautifully written, and the realities of moving through the world in a Black body devastating. An expert exploration of language as much as it is a raw and harrowing retelling of his experiences from adolescence to adulthood with abuse, shame, body image, racism, addiction, masculinity, trauma, and so much more. A memoir that reads like a devastating poem. This book is indeed heavy in every sense of the word.