Mississippi Sissy

Kevin Sessums

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Mississippi Sissy is destined to become an American classic

 

In a book that echoes the time-honored fiction of Harper Lee and Flannery O'Connor and memoirs by Mary Karr and Augusten Burroughs, Kevin Sessums brings the American South and the experiences of a strange little Mississippi boy to life.

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"Sessums re-creates a colorful cast of characters. . . . [His] unique sensibility shines through . . . in his wonderful ear for language, and his eye for Southern foibles."--Elle

 

"A charming but bracingly unsentimental work . . . Utterly compelling."--People

 

"Heroic and heartfelt . . . [Sessums] describes situations with clarity and humility. . . .  With no small amount of wit and grace, he captures life then as he saw and heard it."--Christina Eng, San Francisco Chronicle

 

"With a patiently observant and chillingly sensual voice, Sessums has written an important memoir."--Matt Saldana, Jackson Free Press
 
"Mississippi Sissy is a book I've been waiting for most of my life. . . . Kevin Sessums is some sort of cockeyed national treasure."--Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours
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Kevin Sessums

Kevin Sessums was a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair magazine for fourteen years and at Allure magazine for four. He was also Executive Editor for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine. His work has appeared in Elle, Travel + Leisure, Playboy, Out, and Show People magazines. He was nominated for a Quill Award for his recording of the audiobook of Mississippi Sissy. He lives in New York City.

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Mississippi Sissy
Kevin Sessums
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Picador
March 2008
Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780312341022
ISBN10: 0312341024
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 320 pages
$14.00

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Macmillan Audio
March 2007
Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9781427200396
ISBN10: 1427200394
Audio Run Time: 6:00
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Macmillan Audio
March 2007
Abridged Digital Audio
ISBN: 9781427200402
ISBN10: 1427200408
Audio Run Time: 6:00
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St. Martin's Press
March 2007
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780312341015
ISBN10: 0312341016
6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches, 320 pages
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March 2008
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429917056
ISBN10: 1429917059
320 pages
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