How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir (A Bestselling Memoir)

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Synopsis
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a &“moving, bracingly honest memoir&” (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper&’s Bazaar; Elle; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; and many more.&“People don&’t just happen,&” writes Saeed Jones. &“We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The &‘I&’ it seems doesn&’t exist until we are able to say, &‘I am no longer yours.&’&” Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about 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.
Copyright:
2019

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
208 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781501132759
Related ISBNs:
9781501132742, 9781501132735
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Saeed Jones
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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