When the Only Light Is Fire by Saeed Jones

When the Only Light Is Fire by Saeed Jones

Poetry. LGBT Studies. African American Studies. In his debut chapbook of poetry, Saeed Jones walks on the periphery of the South, those places on the outskirts of town, in bars after midnight, and on dangerous backroads where most people keep their heads down or look the other way. Through Texas and Tennessee, Alabama and the riverbeds of the Mississippi, these poems wrap themselves in cloaks of masks and comfort; garments we learn are flammable if we stand too close to flames. D. A. Powell says of Saeed's work: Like Aeneas carrying his father from the ruined city of Troy, Saeed Jones brings all of his beginnings the roots and tendrils of the kudzu vines, the 'sky burned to blazing, ' the lore and pain and wisdom of salvation into a new space where art and beauty stagger the mind; where the story of transformation becomes part of the cultural body of who we are. I get shout-happy when I read these poems; they are the gospel; they are the good news of the sustaining power of imagination, tenderness and outright joy; they are the birth of a new poetry that baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

When the Only Light is Fire (2011, Sibling Rivalry Publishing) is a chapbook by Saeed Jones. Among other publications, his writing has featured in Best Gay Tales 2013, Guernica, Ebony Magazine, The Rumpus, Hayden's Ferry Review, and West Branch. Jones obtained his MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University Newark and has won grants from Cave Canem and Queer / Arts / Mentors. He resides in Harlem and works as the editor of BuzzfeedLGBT.

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ISBN 13	9781937420031
ISBN 10	1937420035
Title	When the Only Light Is Fire
Author	Saeed Jones
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sibling Rivalry Press
Year published	2011-11-15
Number of pages	44
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.