Kevin Sessums reads from and signs his memoir Mississippi Sissy @ Books Inc. in the Castro March 8, 2007

"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.

About Kevin Sessums:

Kevin Sessums is currently a contributing editor at "Allure" magazine after spending fourteen years at "Vanity Fair." Before joining "Vanity Fair," he was Executive Editor for Andy Warhol's "Interview "magazine. His work has also appeared in "Elle," "Travel + Leisure," "Playboy," "Out," and "Show People" magazines.

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