How We Fight For Our Lives
by Saeed Jones
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarygay/lesbianslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leads
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is stirring, weighty and fresh. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power.
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- Author
- Saeed Jones
- Published
- 2019
- Pages
- 208
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