Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
Audiobook (abridged)6 hours
Mississippi Sissy
Written by Kevin Sessums
Narrated by Kevin Sessums
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this audiobook
Mississippi Sissy 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.
As 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 a memoir that echoes bestsellers like The Liar's Club, Kevin Sessums brings to life the pungent American south of the 1960s and the world of the strange little boy who grew there.
Author
Kevin Sessums
KEVIN SESSUMS is Editor-in-Chief of 429 and New York Times Bestselling author of I Left It on the Mountain and Mississippi Sissy. He was previously a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Allure. His work has appeared in Elle, Travel + Leisure, Playboy, Out, and Show People. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Related to Mississippi Sissy
Related audiobooks
In the Country of Women: A Memoir Logical Family: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Time for Me: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire Shut Up In My Bones: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hearts of Men: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Diary of a Drag Queen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Heart Is an Idiot: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intimacy Idiot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lonesome Lies Before Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beneath the Bonfire: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girlchild: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Price of the Haircut: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Life and Death of Sophie Stark Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Closing Time: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sweet Tooth: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Land of Enchantment Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Model Home: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deceit and Other Possibilities: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bettyville: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heart of Glass Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Gossip: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bob Goes to Jail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Light Years: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Exley Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFruit: A novel about a boy and his nipples Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Some Go Home Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChanel Bonfire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I've Been Wrong Before: Essays Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
LGBTQIA+ Biographies For You
You're That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bi: The Hidden Culture, History, and Science of Bisexuality Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: My Year of Psychedelics: Lessons on Better Living Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Naturally Tan: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Dream House: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Capote: A Biography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5README.txt: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Karma: My Autobiography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Chronology of Water: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Burst of Light: and Other Essays Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pageboy: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Making Love with the Land: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Moby Dyke: An Obsessive Quest To Track Down The Last Remaining Lesbian Bars In America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Roxane Gay & Everand Originals: Built for This: The Quiet Strength of Powerlifting Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unprotected: A Memoir Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Black on Black: On Our Resilience and Brilliance in America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Southern Fried Sass: A Queen's Guide to Cooking, Decorating, and Living Just a Little "Extra" Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Outrages: Sex, Censorship, and the Criminalization of Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Miss Memory Lane: A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The One You Want to Marry (And Other Identities I've Had): A Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fixed Stars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deaf Utopia: A Memoir—And a Love Letter to a Way of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5High School Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
Zosia Mamet, MY FIRST POPSICLE: An Anthology of Food and Feelings 0% found this document usefulPots and Cakes (w Seth Rogen) 0% found this document usefulNorah Jones (Re-release) 0% found this document usefulEpisode 1279 - George Clooney 0% found this document usefulOnce Upon a Time with Quentin Tarantino 100% found this document usefulTrouble at Netflix, ‘Under the Banner of Heaven,’ ‘We Own This City,’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Author Mick Herron 0% found this document usefulNonfiction in November : Fascinating Book Recs & Why We Love True Stories, True Crime and More 0% found this document useful84. Books Quiz special episode 0% found this document usefulInterview with Jenny Lawson 0% found this document usefulLeslie Jordan: From Dance Floor Drugs to Daily Gratitudes: Leslie Jordan: From Dance Floor Drugs to Daily Gratitudes 0% found this document usefulNate Bargatze - Someone Bet Me 0% found this document usefulJerry Seinfeld!!! with Jerry Seinfeld 0% found this document usefulWoody Harrelson | Club Random with Bill Maher: Woody Harrelson | Club Random with Bill Maher 0% found this document useful'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' details a lifelong relationship with food and body image 0% found this document usefulKara Robinson Chamberlain 0% found this document usefulRemembering Louie Anderson 0% found this document usefulColson Whitehead Exhumes The Past In 'The Nickel Boys' 100% found this document usefulBrandon Taylor Wrote 'Real Life' And 'Filthy Animals' For His Queer, Black Friends 0% found this document usefulLies My Teacher Told Me 100% found this document usefulEmily St. John Mandel, SEA OF TRANQUILITY 0% found this document usefulBiscuits & Jam Presents: Homemade: Leslie Jordan on Chicken Salad and Choosing Happiness 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Hallie & Louie The Knot Texas Weddings MagazineArticle
Hallie & Louie
May 1, 2015
1 min readKristi Coulter on Drinking, Laurie Colwin, and Writing with Humor Literary HubArticle
Kristi Coulter on Drinking, Laurie Colwin, and Writing with Humor
Sep 24, 2018
13 min read'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' Details Podcaster's Battle With Weight NPRArticle
'Fatty Fatty Boom Boom' Details Podcaster's Battle With Weight
Nov 9, 2022
3 min readSamantha Irby Absolutely Does Not Want Michelle Obama to Read Her Book Literary HubArticle
Samantha Irby Absolutely Does Not Want Michelle Obama to Read Her Book
Mar 31, 2020
3 min readFraught Relationship Between 'Sisters' Lies At The Heart Of Daisy Johnson's Latest NPRArticle
Fraught Relationship Between 'Sisters' Lies At The Heart Of Daisy Johnson's Latest
Aug 26, 2020
2 min readRebecca Makkai Tells Story Of Chicago AIDS Crisis In 'The Great Believers' NPRArticle
Rebecca Makkai Tells Story Of Chicago AIDS Crisis In 'The Great Believers'
Jun 27, 2018
9 min read'I Have Some Questions For You' Is A Dark, Uncomfortable Story That Feels Universal NPRArticle
'I Have Some Questions For You' Is A Dark, Uncomfortable Story That Feels Universal
Feb 27, 2023
3 min readRebecca Makkai, Author Of Chicago-set 'The Great Believers,' Knows The Value Of Diligence Chicago TribuneArticle
Rebecca Makkai, Author Of Chicago-set 'The Great Believers,' Knows The Value Of Diligence
Jul 11, 2018
10 min readHavenfall SFXArticle
Havenfall
Feb 26, 2020
RELEASED 3 MARCH 304 pages | Paperback/ebook Author Sara Holland Publisher Bloomsbury Adolescence is hard enough at the best of times, but throw in a murdered brother, a mother on death row and a high school full of bullies that really don’t apprecia
1 min readHarvey Fierstein — Warts, Ego And All — In His Juicy Memoir 'I Was Better Last Night' Los Angeles TimesArticle
Harvey Fierstein — Warts, Ego And All — In His Juicy Memoir 'I Was Better Last Night'
Mar 2, 2022
4 min readSamantha Irby Needs to Talk About Some Sh*t Literary HubArticle
Samantha Irby Needs to Talk About Some Sh*t
May 31, 2017
9 min readIn 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' David Sedaris Reflects On His Fraught Relationship With His Dad NPRArticle
In 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' David Sedaris Reflects On His Fraught Relationship With His Dad
May 31, 2022
3 min readQuan Millz Is Out To Make A Buck, One Street Lit Book At A Time NPRArticle
Quan Millz Is Out To Make A Buck, One Street Lit Book At A Time
Oct 12, 2023
5 min readLaugh Out Loud OUTArticle
Laugh Out Loud
Mar 22, 2022
2 min readMy Queer Southern Lit Literary HubArticle
My Queer Southern Lit
Nov 28, 2018
6 min readCeleste Ng Makes The Case For Art As A Weapon Against Oppression In Her New Novel NPRArticle
Celeste Ng Makes The Case For Art As A Weapon Against Oppression In Her New Novel
Oct 7, 2022
3 min readWatch Brandi Carlile Perform During Seattle's 'March For Our Lives' NPRArticle
Watch Brandi Carlile Perform During Seattle's 'March For Our Lives'
Jun 1, 2018
3 min read7 Books to Read on World AIDS Day The AdvocateArticle
7 Books to Read on World AIDS Day
Nov 26, 2019
So Lucky, by award-winning author Nicola Griffith, is a fascinatingly intense, semiautobiographical novel about a woman facing down her demons. The profoundly personal narrative reads much like a memoir, and readers can’t help but empathize with prot
4 min readThe America I Love Needs to Do Better The AtlanticArticle
The America I Love Needs to Do Better
May 31, 2020
5 min readMohsin Zaidi GAY TIMESArticle
Mohsin Zaidi
Aug 28, 2020
6 min readA Sleeper-agent-pageant-queen Exacts Revenge — And Finds Herself — In 'Monarch' NPRArticle
A Sleeper-agent-pageant-queen Exacts Revenge — And Finds Herself — In 'Monarch'
Mar 28, 2022
4 min readA Note From Our CEO OUTArticle
A Note From Our CEO
Jan 20, 2023
1 min read'The Help' Tops Netflix During Protests, And Twitter Is Shaking Its Head Los Angeles TimesArticle
'The Help' Tops Netflix During Protests, And Twitter Is Shaking Its Head
Jun 8, 2020
After a historic week of protests decrying the state of race relations in America, a 2011 movie about black servants and their white employers has become one of the most popular movies on Netflix. Starring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone,
2 min readIn Both Fact And Fiction, The Truth Of Tulsa Is Hard To Stomach NPRArticle
In Both Fact And Fiction, The Truth Of Tulsa Is Hard To Stomach
May 29, 2021
When author Jewell Parker Rhodes tried to publish a novel retelling the story of the Tulsa Race Massacre, she found that not everyone was ready to reckon with the city's painful, traumatic history.
5 min readReading Women‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2020 Literary HubArticle
Reading Women‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2020
Jan 22, 2020
17 min read15 MINS WITH AN ICON Leslie Jordan GAY TIMESArticle
15 MINS WITH AN ICON Leslie Jordan
Apr 28, 2021
9 min readA Year in Reading: Robert Jones, Jr. The MillionsArticle
A Year in Reading: Robert Jones, Jr.
Dec 2, 2021
This year I realized that there is a distinct difference between reading books as an average reader and as someone whose own book is now out in the world, The post A Year in Reading: Robert Jones, Jr. appeared first on The Millions.
4 min readTen Memoirs to Keep You Company in Isolation: A Reading List Literary HubArticle
Ten Memoirs to Keep You Company in Isolation: A Reading List
Apr 21, 2020
4 min readHow to Cuss Like No One’s Listening Literary HubArticle
How to Cuss Like No One’s Listening
Apr 1, 2019
5 min read'Lager Queen' Author Was Tired Of Caricatures Of Midwestern Women NPRArticle
'Lager Queen' Author Was Tired Of Caricatures Of Midwestern Women
Jul 23, 2019
3 min read
Reviews for Mississippi Sissy
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
1 rating0 reviews