![]() ![]() “My mom likes to say, ‘We don’t eat coconut cake in this family,’ as if we were the kind of family that created traditions and stuck to them. His account of their relationship is tender and whimsical. Jones and his mother shared a special, indelible bond born of the tiny size of their nuclear family - he was an only child she was a single mother - and their appreciation of good literature. Jones' follow up is a radiant debut memoir, "How We Fight for Our Lives." It exudes the same sensibility and lyricism as "Prelude" and offers an extended tribute to Jones' fierce and devout Buddhist mother. “Mercy,” a poem that appears in his debut poetry collection, “Prelude to Bruise,” relays the depths of his grief and the kind of longing one experiences after the loss of a loved one. On the eve of Mother’s Day 2011, Saeed Jones’ mother, Carol Jean Sweet Jones, died. ![]()
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