LGBTQ+ Book Discussion: How We Fight For Our Lives, by Saeed Jones In-Person
The Newark Public Library LGBTQ+ Resource Center presents a monthly book discussion group, where all backgrounds and identities are welcome and encouraged to participate.
Join us at the Main Library, LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Wednesday, April 22 from 6PM - 8PM for a group discussion of How We Fight for Our Lives, by Saeed Jones.
How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence—into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another—and to one another—as we fight to become ourselves.
Registration is required and linked below. Free copies of the book are available and will be provided upon request*.
*Please note that free copies of the book are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Date:
- Wednesday, April 22, 2026
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Main Library: 4th Floor Conference Room
- Audience:
- Adults Teens
- Categories:
- Main Branch
- Attachments: