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Saeed Jones (born November 26, 1985)[1] Prelude to Bruise National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. His second book, a memoir, How We Fight for Our Lives Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction in 2019.
Early life
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Jones was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in Lewisville, Texas .[2] Western Kentucky University , then earned an MFA in Creative Writing at Rutgers University–Newark .[3] [4]
Career
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Poetry
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Jones released his debut poetry chapbook in 2011. Titled When the Only Light is Fire, it was the top-selling book in the Gay Poetry category on Amazon for several weeks.[4]
In 2014, Jones published his first full-length poetry collection, Prelude to Bruise .NPR called it "brilliant, unsparing," "visceral and affecting."[5] The Kenyon Review [6] TIME Magazine [7] National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry.[8]
In September 2022, Jones published another poetry collection, Alive at the End of the World .[9] [10]
Jones has been a winner of the Pushcart Prize , the Joyce Osterwell Award for Poetry from the PEN Literary Awards ,[11] Stonewall Book Award-Barbara Gittings Award for Literature , and a nominee for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry . Jones has been featured on PBS NewsHour ' s poetry series[12] So Popular! with Janet Mock on MSNBC .[13] Hello Mr. [14]
Prose and other projects
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Jones previously worked for BuzzFeed as the founding LGBT editor and its executive culture editor.[15] [16] AM to DM from fall 2017 until mid-2019.[17] READER newsletter entitled "Dear Ferocity."[18]
His memoir How We Fight for Our Lives Simon & Schuster in 2019. The New Yorker [19] [20] Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction in 2019 and a Lambda Literary Award in 2020.[21] [22]
In 2022, Jones's interview with Debbie Millman was featured on the Storybound (podcast) season 5 premiere[citation needed .
Jones is one of the hosts of the Vibe Check podcast.[citation needed
Personal life
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Jones lives in Columbus, Ohio .[23]
Jones was brought up to practice Nichiren Buddhism and still does today.[4]
Bibliography
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Poetry collections
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When the Only Light is Fire . Sibling Rivalry Press, 2011.
Prelude to Bruise
Alive at the End of the World . Coffee House Press. 2022. ISBN 9781566896511
In Anthology
Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology . University of Georgia Press, 2018.
Memoir
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References
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^ Cochran, Jacoby (May 27, 2015). "Saeed Jones: Buzzfeed Editor, Poet, and Forensicator" . Melo . Archived from the original on April 26, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2016 .
^ Sacharow, Fredda (February 19, 2016). "Buzzfeed Names Rutgers MFA Graduate Executive Editor of Culture" . Rutgers Today . Rutgers University .
^ a b c Gadson, Jonterri (2012). "An Interview with Saeed Jones" . Eclectica Magazine . v16n1. Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ El-Mohtar, Amal (September 3, 2014). "Brilliant, Unsparing 'Prelude' Will Leave A Bruise" . All Things Considered NPR .
^ Journey, Anna (Fall 2014). "On Saeed Jones's Prelude to Bruise" . Kenyon Review Online
^ Feeney, Nolan (September 29, 2014). "Saeed Jones: "No One Is Safe" In These Poems" . Time
^ Charles, Ron (January 19, 2015). "National Book Critics Circle finalists" . The Washington Post
^ Gorham, Luke (August 26, 2022). "Alive at the End of the World" . Library Journal . Retrieved October 6, 2022 .
^ "Saeed Jones Is 'Alive at the End of the World' . Shondaland . September 12, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022 .
^ Hertzel, Laurie (May 13, 2015). "Coffee House poet Saeed Jones wins PEN award" . On Books . Star Tribune .
^ van Wagtendonk, Anya (September 15, 2014). "Weekly Poem: Saeed Jones composes a 'Prelude' to one Boy's coming-of-age" . PBS NewsHour
^ Mock, Janet (January 23, 2015). " . So Popular! . Shift (MSNBC) .
^ Jones, Justin (September 26, 2014). "The Winning Gay Subtlety of 'Hello Mr.' . The Daily Beast . Retrieved September 20, 2016 .
^ Gross, Terry (November 7, 2019). " . WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio . Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ "About Saeed Jones" . poets.org . Retrieved August 28, 2022 .
^ Scire, Sarah (April 16, 2020). "BuzzFeed News shuts down AM to DM, its morning news show, after Twitter pulls funding" . Nieman Lab . Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ "Hey, Did You Know BuzzFeed Has A Literary Magazine?" . BuzzFeed . Retrieved May 29, 2020 .
^ Waldman, Katie (October 10, 2019). "Saeed Jones's Sensual Memoir of Race, Sex, and Self-Invention" . The New Yorker . Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ Iglesias, Gabino (October 14, 2019). " . NPR . Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ Downing, Andy (October 24, 2019). "Columbus writer Saeed Jones wins the Kirkus Prize" . Columbus Alive . Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020 .
^ Vanderhoof, Erin (June 1, 2020). "PRIDE MONTH EXCLUSIVE: The Winners of the 32nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards" . Vanity Fair . Retrieved January 16, 2020 .
^ McGuire, Nneka (October 22, 2019). "Forget New York. For writer Saeed Jones, Columbus, Ohio, is the place to be a literary star" . The Washington Post
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