Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Blow, Charles M.

Description: "This is a story that builds and overwhelms; it's filled with a gathering roar, like an oncoming hurricane [until] the tension explodes...and drops into a quiet sea of inner peace....The conflicts central to humanity are reconfigured here as fields of simple possibility:ÃÂ of compromise, of forgiveness, of eternal incompletion, of the fire unleashed at long last from our bones."--Sunday New York Times Book Review"[An] Exquisite memoir...Delicately wrought and arresting in its language, this slender volume covers a great deal of emotional terrain -- much of it fraught, most of it arduous and all of it worth the trip."-The New York Times "Searing and unforgettable."--People Magazine"Blow tells his story with searing honesty and probing self-reflection..."--Boston Globe"Honest and artful...Fire Shut Up in My Bones is an honest reflection of a life. Blow has taken the time to describe -- often in loving detail -- what people and places look like, giving the reader's visual imagination plenty to work with as he contemplates crucial life questions that this story so eloquently articulates."--Chicago Tribune"A searing and evocative portrait of growing up black in the rural South...deserves a place on the shelf next to Richard Wright's classic memoir Black Boy."--Dallas Morning News"Gorgeous words...akin to being wrapped in rich cashmere that softens a hit with a sledgehammer now and then.ÃÂ Look for this book -- not so much for the story (which is still really good), but for the lushness of its words. Then be prepared: Fire Shut Up in My Bones will leave you breathless."--Philadelphia Tribune"Stunning...Blow's words grab hold of you like a fever that shakes you up at first but eventually leads you to a place of healing."--Essence"Brilliant"--Ebony"The most compelling read of the fall and the kind of book that will inspire you to turn off the TV and curl up in front of the fire instead." -- BET"Charles Blow is the James Baldwin of our age."--Washington Blade"Searing...A raw, intense and often powerful book"--Salon"Unabashedly honest" -- Mother Jones"Fire Shut Up in My Bones cloaks its gut-wrenching honesty in lyrical prose."--Goodreads"Blow masterfully evokes the sights, sounds and smells of rough-and-tumble, backwater Louisiana...a well-written, often poetic memoir"--Kirkus"Blow's genius lies in his ability to touch us, as the best writing always does."--The Root"Fire Shut Up in My Bones is a remarkable twist on the classic rags-to-riches saga, written with considerable psychological insight and great honesty about the unhappy motivations that can lurk behind ambition."--Memphis Commercial Appeal"Exquisitely written, and powerfully, painfully, and poignantly honest, the memoir is an illuminating, and, ultimately, uplifting account of poverty, spirituality, race and sexuality - and of the lies boys tell, to themselves and to others."--Florida Courier "Ah -- the joy of beautiful writing -- of words strung like pearls on a silken thread, perfectly matched, each in its rightful place -- glowing with perfection. Such are those spread across the pages of this heart-breaking, uplifting memoir"--The Pilot"... breathtaking, heartbreaking, and illuminating memoir..."--The Advocate "Stunning, searing...introspective and poetic...an essential work of autobiography."--BookPage"Ferocious...will leave a lasting impression on every reader that picks up this book...There's no greater urge for a writer than to write his or her own story, and Blow accomplishes that feat with heartbreaking beauty."--Writer's Bone"Fire Shut In My Bones is a piece of modern literary art...eye opening and profoundly moving."--Southern Literary Review"New York Times opinion columnist Charles Blow has written what may be the memoir of the year (sorry, Amy Poehler)...This is a singular story, for certain, but it's also a resonate coming-of-age narrative and a stunning testimony on what life was to be young, lonely, and black in 1970s rural Louisiana."--A.V. Club "This audiobook is a welcome exception to light, and overly hopeful, memoirs. The author...is unsparing in his truthfulness and emotion...The importance of the book is that it's Blow's story, and he makes it sound personal. He creates a vivid world that is captivating and absorbing."--AudioFile Magazine "Passionately written"--Culture Vulture"Poetic..."--Scribd"A powerful memoir"--Nick Kristof"Beautiful work!"--John Legend"So incredible, so poignant, so powerful, so inspirational and it's a really phenomenal read."--Solange Knowles"Powerful...Charles Blow sculpted the prose of every paragraph with human poetry... That's how beautiful his memoir sings"--Mara Brock Akil"A breathtaking piece of writing."--Andy Rosenthal"An instant classic"--Marc Lamont HillLISTS:100 Notable Books 0f 2014---New York Times Sunday Book ReviewNew York Times Best Sellers (Monthly lists: Relationship, Family, and Race/Civil Rights)New York Times Sunday Book Review Editors' ChoiceBest Books of 2014 (Nonfiction)--Publishers WeeklyOur Favourite Books of the Year/Best of 2014--A.V. 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Sperber Biography Award Finalist--Best biography/memoir of a journalist, 2015Bisexual Book Awards Finalist--Bisexual Nonfiction, Bisexual Memoir/Biography and Bi Writer of the Year, 2015 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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