{"product_id":"mississippi-sissy-paperback","title":"Mississippi Sissy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Sessums\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMississippi Sissy\u003c\/i\u003e is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he grew up in Forest, Mississippi, befriended by the family maid, Mattie May, he became a young man who turned the word sissy on its head, just as his mother taught him. In Jackson, he is befriended by Eudora Welty and journalist Frank Hains, but when Hains is brutally murdered in his antebellum mansion, Kevin's long road north towards celebrity begins. In his memoir, Kevin Sessums brings to life the pungent American south of the 1960s and the world of the strange little boy who grew there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKevin Sessums is some sort of cockeyed national treasure.\" --Michael Cunningham\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Sessums\u003c\/b\u003e was a Contributing Editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e magazine for fourteen years and at \u003ci\u003eAllure\u003c\/i\u003e magazine for four. He was also Executive Editor for Andy Warhol's \u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTravel + Leisure, Playboy, Out, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShow People\u003c\/i\u003e magazines. He was nominated for a Quill Award for his recording of the audiobook of \u003ci\u003eMississippi Sissy\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45319825719398,"sku":"9780312341022","price":34.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/TmcyUWV2UkVQRFdiT0hTM1BFMkJFdz09.webp?v=1774363800","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/mississippi-sissy-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}