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    You and I Have Peril in Common: The Millions Interviews Saeed Jones

    by Jennifer McCartney Nov 21, 2019 5 minutes

    Saeed Jones‘s How We Fight for Our Lives has landed on many most-anticipated book lists. The author’s second title, after the 2014 PEN Award–winning poetry collection Prelude to Bruise, explores his experiences as a black, gay teenager in Texas. We caught up with Jones to learn more about his writing process and what inspires him.

    The Millions: Tell me about How We Fight for Our Lives—why you wrote it and what it means to you.

    Saeed Jones: People often call it “coming of age,” which isn’t entirely inaccurate; I just tend to think of it as the story of “coming into self.” My intention was to chart the journey to the point in my life at which I felt truly self-possessed.

    I wrote it because I get very emotional

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