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 […]
A Hundred Words for all the Ways a Black Boy Can Lie Awake at Night
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
