{"product_id":"preorder-home-out-there-a-journey","title":"[PREORDER] Home Out There: A Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: May 18, 2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA memoir about leaving home to find home from the critically acclaimed poet and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHow We Fight for Our Lives\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen you are Black and queer, where in the world do you belong?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a question Saeed Jones carries with him, as he journeys from Scotland to Mexico, Berlin to Thailand, to cities and towns across America, via plane, train, and many, many a cab ride.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSaeed follows in the footsteps of his mother, a flight attendant, and decades of Black and queer travelers before him, in particular the poets Langston Hughes and Pauli Murray. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Out There \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis as much about Saeed as it is about blood ancestors, artistic ancestors, kin and familiar strangers, all homing in on what it feels like to know where you are and why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Saeed makes his way across the country and around the world over the course of decades, including a year of travel in the wake of his mother’s passing, we also journey with Langston and Pauli at significant points in their youths as they themselves run away from and toward home, often simultaneously.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome Out There \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003erevels in being alive and being a part of the world: bonding with Lyft drivers in New Orleans, grocery shopping with old ladies in Paris, eating fried chicken with expats in Bangkok, visiting a loved one’s grave in Memphis, all while trying to make sense of one’s restlessness. It is an ode to the power and necessity of freedom of movement—of finding yourself by decontextualizing or recontextualizing yourself within a certain surrounding, of experiencing the joy in solo travel or seeing something brand new with someone you've known for decades.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a book for those who may feel un-housed in their bodies or towns or movements, but who deserve the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Call \u0026 Response Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46108748808261,"sku":"9781668082584","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6621\/4213\/files\/9781668082584_jpg.webp?v=1792790323","url":"https:\/\/www.callandresponsechi.com\/products\/preorder-home-out-there-a-journey","provider":"Call \u0026 Response Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}