Poet Saeed Jones On Growing Up Young, Black And Gay

Poet Saeed Jones On Growing Up Young, Black And Gay
Author, poet and former Buzzfeed editor Saeed Jones gets silly and serious talking about his new memoir "How We Fight For Our Lives." Jason Marck / WBEZ
Poet Saeed Jones On Growing Up Young, Black And Gay
Author, poet and former Buzzfeed editor Saeed Jones gets silly and serious talking about his new memoir "How We Fight For Our Lives." Jason Marck / WBEZ

Poet Saeed Jones On Growing Up Young, Black And Gay

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Poet Saeed Jones talks about his new memoir How We Fight For Our Lives.

In the book, he recounts what it was like growing up young, black and gay and describes how he fought to carve out a space in the world to claim for himself.

GUEST: Saeed Jones, poet, author of How We Fight For Our Lives