How we fight for our lives : a memoir
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 192 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Waterloo Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
811.6 JON
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811.6 JON
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Subjects
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Other Subjects
African American authors -- Biography.
African American LGBTQ+ people.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography
Biographies as Topic
Gay authors -- Biography.
Gay authors.
Gay biographies.
Personal Narrative as Topic.
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies.
Écrivains homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Écrivains noirs américains -- Biographies.
African American LGBTQ+ people.
Autobiographies.
Autobiography
Biographies as Topic
Gay authors -- Biography.
Gay authors.
Gay biographies.
Personal Narrative as Topic.
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Écrivains américains -- 20e siècle -- Biographies.
Écrivains homosexuels -- États-Unis -- Biographies.
Écrivains noirs américains -- Biographies.
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
UPC
40029483768
Notes
General Note
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.,TXA
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"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. 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. --,From dust jacket
Awards
Stonewall Book Award, Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award, 2020.
Awards
Lambda Literary Award, Gay Memoir/Biography, 2020.
Local note
B&T Diversity Analysis 2022 : Kirkus, B&T, LCSH, BISAC.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Jones, S. (2019). How we fight for our lives: a memoir (First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.). Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Saeed. 2019. How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Jones, Saeed. How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir Simon & Schuster, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Jones, Saeed. How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition., Simon & Schuster, 2019.
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