How We Fight For Our Lives Av Saeed Jones

<B>WINNER OF THE 2020 STONEWALL BOOK AWARD-ISRAEL FISHMAN NONFICTION AWARD</B><BR/><BR/><B>“Jones’s voice and sensibility are so distinct that he turns one of the oldest of literary genres inside out and upside down.” NPR’S<I> Fresh Air</I></B><BR/><BR/> 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, 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 <I>for</I> one another—and <I>to</I> one another—as we fight to become ourselves.<BR/><BR/><B>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. <I>How We Fight for Our Lives</I> is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.</B>