I be seeing you, especially when you think you be doin a great job of hiding. Maybe you be seein me too.

This may be the most important thing I've read this year. It is rare that a man, especially a black man writes about body image and eating disorders, and rarer still that we get writing from anyone on body image and eating disorders in the context of racism and generational poverty. Kiese Laymon's memoir touches on all the intersections of poverty and oppression, and how they compound the challenges of addiction and eating disorders.

This is both deeply personal and also a brilliantly written, politically developed piece of writing. Kiese Laymon writes his memoir to his mother, so much of it is in the second person, which gives the reader much more of a sense of sitting in on someone else's private thoughts. It's so amazing, and I could not stop once I started this one. Also, he reads the audiobook himself, which adds another layer to the narrative, so I highly recommend listening to this one.

I think it's possible to be broken and ask for help without breaking other people.