How we fight for our lives: a memoir
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"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"--
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Jones, S. (2020). How we fight for our lives: a memoir. Large print edition. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jones, Saeed. 2020. How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jones, Saeed, How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jones, Saeed. How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir. Large print edition. Waterville, ME, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
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