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Nonfiction

The Weight He Carries

The Plight of the Black Man in America

A collection of experiences, some told to the author by others and some directly lived, The Weight He Carries walks through the daily arithmetic of being a Black man in America. It sits with the tension between exhaustion and hope, between survival and the demand to be fully seen. Written with a steady, patient voice, the book invites every reader, of every background, to put the weight down long enough to look at it honestly.

NonfictionSocial CommentaryMemoir

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The Weight He Carries

The Plight of the Black Man in America

An unflinching look at the burden carried in silence, and the dignity that refuses to be put down.

A collection of experiences, some told to the author by others and some directly lived, The Weight He Carries walks through the daily arithmetic of being a Black man in America. It sits with the tension between exhaustion and hope, between survival and the demand to be fully seen. Written with a steady, patient voice, the book invites every reader, of every background, to put the weight down long enough to look at it honestly.

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Fiction

Under the Purple Umbrella

A Novel of Arizona, Italy, and the Boy Between

Under the Purple Umbrella is Ramon Lyles' first novel, a slow-burning story set against the rooftops, balconies, and rain-slick streets of the Veneto. It follows two lives drawn together by chance, kept close by longing, and tested by the choices only travelers understand. Lyrical, intimate, and quietly devastating, it is a book about the seasons a person carries with them long after the trip is over.

FictionLiterary NovelRomance

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Under the Purple Umbrella

A Novel of Arizona, Italy, and the Boy Between

A love story that walks the cobblestones of northern Italy, held together by a single purple umbrella and everything left unsaid beneath it.

Under the Purple Umbrella is Ramon Lyles' first novel, a slow-burning story set against the rooftops, balconies, and rain-slick streets of the Veneto. It follows two lives drawn together by chance, kept close by longing, and tested by the choices only travelers understand. Lyrical, intimate, and quietly devastating, it is a book about the seasons a person carries with them long after the trip is over.

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Nonfiction

If You Want a Good Woman

Be a Better Man

If You Want a Good Woman started as a late-night post, eight sentences a tired man wrote into the dark, and grew into a fifteen-chapter conversation on love, follow-through, and self-honesty. Ramon Lyles writes without slogans or sermons about the daily work of becoming worth being chosen: keeping your word on a timetable, telling the truth on the small stuff, letting go of the story you told yourself about your exes, and understanding why a woman starts looking elsewhere long before she says a word. Written in the voice of a man still in the middle of the fight, not one pretending he won it.

NonfictionRelationshipsPersonal Growth

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If You Want a Good Woman

Be a Better Man

Eight lines that grew into fifteen chapters, a plain-spoken book about follow-through, honesty, and the man a good woman is actually looking for.

If You Want a Good Woman started as a late-night post, eight sentences a tired man wrote into the dark, and grew into a fifteen-chapter conversation on love, follow-through, and self-honesty. Ramon Lyles writes without slogans or sermons about the daily work of becoming worth being chosen: keeping your word on a timetable, telling the truth on the small stuff, letting go of the story you told yourself about your exes, and understanding why a woman starts looking elsewhere long before she says a word. Written in the voice of a man still in the middle of the fight, not one pretending he won it.