She went to, you know, a state school there for a few semesters, but she kept her books.
So tell us a little bit about both, which will lead into the reading. One was the content of the book, and the other was the photo in the book. You'd been reading James Baldwin's "Another Country," which had two significances for you. So before you do the reading, I just want to set it up a little bit. Let's start in the library, not just because you're a writer, but because the library is where you first went to get answers to your questions about homosexuality. He's the former LGBT editor and culture editor of BuzzFeed.
His collection of poems, "Prelude To Bruise," was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award and received a PEN Award and a Stonewall Book Award. Saeed Jones' memoir won the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction. He had also gotten a scholarship to NYU, but it didn't cover all the tuition, and he and his single mother couldn't afford to pay the remainder. He went to the University of Western Kentucky on a debating scholarship.
When he got to college, he came out and found other gay young men who were out. The book includes descriptions of his early experiences hooking up with men and sometimes putting himself in risky situations. Maureen also describes the memoir as raw and eloquent. But our book critic Maureen Corrigan says Jones' voice and sensibility are so distinct that he turns one of the oldest literary genres inside out and upside down. My guest, Saeed Jones, has written a new memoir called "How We Fight For Our Lives." It's about growing up black, gay and closeted in Texas in the '90s when he thought gay meant AIDS, meant death. 84k videosSissies 434k videosSkinny 156k videosSmoking 26k videosSmothering 1.4m videosSolo 182k videosSpanking 256k videosSpycam 612k videosSquirting 544k videosStockings 461k videosStraight Guys 498k videosStriptease 256k videosStuds 352k videosSwallowing 8m videosTeens 1.3m videosThreesome 175k videosThreesomes 26k videosTitjob 2.3m videosTwinks 15k videosTwins 151k videosUniform 170k videosUniforms 111k videosUpskirts 183k videosVintage 415k videosVoyeur 1.This is FRESH AIR. 635k videosHairy 1m videosHandjob 6m videosHardcore 209k videosHentai 621k videosHuge Cocks 16k videosIncest 1.3m videosInterracial 1m videosJapanese 3.1m videosJerking Off 1.1m videosLatina 227k videosLatino 2.1m videosLesbian 469k videosLingerie 2.9m videosMasturbation 1.3m videosMatures 2.6m videosMILFs 548k videosMuscled Guys 291k videosOil 501k videosOrgy 759k videosOutdoor 148k videosPantyhose 43k videosPoint of View 1.3m videosPornstars 1.6m videosPOV 88k videosPregnant 945k videosPublic 302k videosPussylicking 741k videosRedhead 13k videosRedheads 325k videosRubbing 1.2m videosSex Toys 119k videosShemales and Gi. 29k videosAlt 8m videosAmateur 1.3m videosAmateurs 3.4m videosAnal 2.1m videosAsian 503k videosAss-Butts 1k videosAssjob 139k videosAsslicking 582k videosBarebacking 761k videosBBW 635k videosBDSM 172k videosBears 109k videosBikini 88k videosBisexuals 64k videosBizarre 3.3m videosBlondes 6.4m videosBlowjob 977k videosBlowjobs 3.3m videosBrunettes 192k videosBukkake 3.4m videosBusty 17k videosCameltoe 104k videosCartoons 137k videosCelebrities 421k videosClose-ups 10k videosCompilations 833k videosCreampie 2.3m videosCumshots 264k videosDads 534k videosDeepthroat 1.1m videosDoggystyle 346k videosDomination 211k videosDP 41k videosDrunk 1.9m videosEbony 599k videosEmo 1.2m videosFacials 29k videosFeature 308k videosFemdom 1.4m videosFetish 1.3m videosFingering 293k videosFisting 170k videosFoot fetish 154k videosFootjob 119k videosFoursome 5k videosFutanari 542k videosGangbang 115k videosGlory hole 43k videosGloryholes 66k videosGonzo 230k videosGrannies 789k videosGroup sex 88k videosGuys Fucking Sh.