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How We Fight for Our Lives
With Marvin K. White
"Intersectionality is who I am. Feeling a bit pulled across these different directions has just always been one of the more essential facts of my human experience."
– Saeed Jones
Poet Saeed Jones, author of the celebrated Prelude to Bruise, joins us to read from his new memoir, How We Fight for Our Lives, an unforgettable coming-of-age story of a bookish, black, gay teen from Texas as he learns to see himself and his dreams – and learns how his world sees him. Blending poetry and prose, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence – into tumultuous relationships with his mother and grandmother, 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.
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How We Fight for Our Lives
With Marvin K. White
"Intersectionality is who I am. Feeling a bit pulled across these different directions has just always been one of the more essential facts of my human experience."
– Saeed Jones
Poet Saeed Jones, author of the celebrated Prelude to Bruise, joins us to read from his new memoir, How We Fight for Our Lives, an unforgettable coming-of-age story of a bookish, black, gay teen from Texas as he learns to see himself and his dreams – and learns how his world sees him. Blending poetry and prose, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence – into tumultuous relationships with his mother and grandmother, 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.
To learn more about JCCSF, visit us at jccsf.org
Follow us on social media:
instagram.com/JCCSF
facebook.com/JCCSF
twitter.com/JCCSF
Subscribe to Our Channel: @Arts & Ideas at the JCCSF
#poetry #memoir #lgbtq
