Euclid Public Library is proud to present a virtual conversation with Saeed Jones, author of the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction-winning memoir How We Fight for Our Lives (2019). Jones's debut poetry collection, Prelude to Bruise, received a starred review in Publishers Weekly in 2014. His work engages themes of intimacy, race, and power, often incorporating mythology. 

Born in Memphis, TN, and raised in Lewisville, TX, Jones earned a BA at Western Kentucky University and an MFA at Rutgers University-Newark. Jones is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize and has been awarded fellowships from Cave Canem and Queer/Art/Mentorship. He previously co-hosted Buzzfeed's AM to DM show, wrote the advice column "Dear Ferocity" for Buzzfeed's READER newsletter, and currently lives in Columbus, OH.

This program is sponsored in part by the Euclid Public Library Foundation.

This event is part of the One Community Reads series and will be broadcast live on Euclid Public Library's Facebook page. Visit at the event time to tune in. Visit onecommunityreads.org for information about other programs in the series.

This event will be moderated by Phyllis Seven Harris, Executive Director of The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland.

To place a hold on a physical book or audiobook copy of How We Fight For Our Lives, visit our catalog here.

To checkout or place a hold on eBook or eAudiobook copies of Mr. Jones's work, you may do so here or here.