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A Hundred Words for all the Ways a Black Boy Can Lie Awake at Night

How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones

January 25, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

Wow!  All I have to say is “Wow!”  Saeed Jones’ memoir is a lot of things—a coming of age story, a story of growing up gay, a story of growing up black, a story of growing up gay and black in Texas, and the story of a single mother and her son.  It’s probably about a lot more than that but as a straight white woman there are frequencies I cannot hear and they are not meant for me. This is the kind of book […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: How We Fight For Our Lives, jolabokaflod, Saeed Jones

Jenny S's CBR12 Review No:9 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: How We Fight For Our Lives, jolabokaflod, Saeed Jones ·
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