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One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper's Bazaar; Elle; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; and many more.\"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 about 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. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1501132741\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781501132742\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Jones, Saeed\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jul 2020)","offer_id":46081323466949,"sku":"9781501132742","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781501132742.jpg?v=1776044982"},{"product_id":"the-deviants-war-the-homosexual-vs-the-united-states-of-america","title":"The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY. 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The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a homosexual, and after a series of humiliating interviews, Kameny, like countless gay men and women before him, was promptly dismissed from his government job. Unlike many others, though, Kameny fought back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on firsthand accounts, recently declassified FBI records, and forty thousand personal documents, Eric Cervini's \u003ci\u003eThe Deviant's War \u003c\/i\u003eunfolds over the course of the 1960s, as the Mattachine Society of Washington, the group Kameny founded, became the first organization to protest the systematic persecution of gay federal employees. It traces the forgotten ties that bound gay rights to the Black Freedom Movement, the New Left, lesbian activism, and trans resistance. 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