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Heavy: An American Memoir (Barnes & Noble Discover Award Winner)
By Kiese Laymon
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By Kiese Laymon
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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller
A blistering memoir of a complicated family, of privilege and access, power and race, written by one of the most talented writers working today.
Winner of the 2018 B&N Discover Award for Nonfiction
*Named a Best Book of 2018 by the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, NPR, Broadly, Buzzfeed (Nonfiction), The Undefeated, Library Journal (Biography/Memoirs), The Washington Post (Nonfiction), Southern Living (Southern), Entertainment Weekly, and The New York Times Critics*
In this powerful, provocative, and universally lauded memoir—winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal and finalist for the Kirkus Prize—genre-bending essayist and novelist ...
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