‘We Are a Determined Household’
After his mother’s death, a writer reflects on her annual ritual of making determinations for the coming year.
Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones is the author of the memoir How We Fight for Our Lives and the poetry collections Prelude to Bruise and Alive at the End of the World. He is currently the 2024–2025 artist-in-residence in the Media, Health, and Medicine program at Harvard Medical School. His next book, Home Out There, is forthcoming from Washington Square Press. He co-hosts the podcast Vibe Check with Sam Sanders and Zach Stafford.
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