From his early experiences of sexual violence, to his suspension from college, to time in New York as a college professor, Laymon charts his complex relationship with his mother, grandmother, anorexia, obesity, sex, writing, and ultimately gambling. In Heavy, Laymon writes eloquently and honestly about growing up a hard-headed black son to a complicated and brilliant black mother in Jackson, Mississippi. Harvard Book Store welcomes acclaimed writer and University of Mississippi professor KIESE LAYMON-author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America -for a discussion of his celebrated memoir, Heavy, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Andrew Leland at Harvard Book Store (7/27). Shastri Akella at Harvard Book Store (7/24). Colson Whitehead at Memorial Church (7/19). Ann Beattie at Harvard Book Store (7/18). Nicole Flattery at Harvard Book Store (7/14). Kate Storey at Harvard Book Store (7/7). Leah Elson at Harvard Book Store (6/29). Artem Mozgovoy at Harvard Book Store (6/28). Garrett Neiman at Harvard Book Store (6/27). Haley Jakobson at Harvard Book Store (6/26). Nash Jenkins at Harvard Book Store (6/22). Sarah Viren at Harvard Book Store (6/21). Mattie Kahn at Harvard Book Store (6/20). Leah and Richard Rothstein at the Brattle Theatre (6/15). Ali Hazelwood at the Brattle Theatre (6/14). Ocean Vuong at First Parish Church (6/12). Stephanie Crease at Harvard Book Store (6/5). Elliot Ackerman at Harvard Book Store (6/2). Jonathan Papernick at Harvard Book Store (6/1). Allyson McCabe at Harvard Book Store (5/31). Susan Rubin Suleiman at Harvard Book Store (5/30). George Lakey at Harvard Book Store (5/24). Rachel Louise Snyder at Harvard Book Store (5/23). Serhii Plokhy at Harvard Book Store (5/22). Kay Redfield Jamison at the Cambridge Public Library (5/22). Olivia Wolfgang-Smith at Harvard Book Store (5/19). Peter Grinspoon at Harvard Book Store (5/17). Eileen Myles at Harvard Book Store (5/16). 
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson at the Brattle Theatre (5/16).Annelise Orleck at Harvard Book Store (5/15).
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