![]() ![]() Every single living half-grown and grown-up body needs to read this book. k and, at times, heartbreaking as hell.In its starred Kirkus review, the book is praised as "mark the emergence of a major literary voice.” Jacqueline Woodson, National Book Award-winning author of “Brooklyn,” wrote the book is “Everything everyone needs right now - both love song and battle cry, brilliant as f We learn about his journey through religion, sexuality, queerness and how these complexities are defined and understood in an American black family. In his book, which Jones takes a deep dive into our flawed society and explores how our culture struggles with accepting anything perceived as not normal, and chronicles how he carved his own path through the middle of the endless madness. "How We Fight for Our Lives" is a compelling memoir about growing up black and queer in America, a country with a history of not being kind to people who are either or both. One of the voices leading the charge is Saeed Jones, author of “ How We Fight for Our Lives.” ![]() I sometimes lose track of the many positive changes happening around me: progressive art is being made, black and brown representation in television and film is growing every day, black writers are finally being published widely, studied and celebrated. ![]()
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