Bibliograph

How we fight for our lives, a memoir, Saeed Jones

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How we fight for our lives, a memoir, Saeed Jones

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How we fight for our lives

Oclc number

1122722510

Responsibility statement

Saeed Jones

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print African-American

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir. Jones tells the story of a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence--into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another--and to one another--as we fight to become ourselves. An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that's as beautiful as it is powerful--a voice that's by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time"--, Provided by publisher

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