Durand Jones - Wait Til I Get Over

Released 5th May 2023

Durand Joness Wait Til I Get Over is a memoir and a love letter. It is the story of Joness life, his growth and revelations, the wisdom of his hometown and the wisdom he could only gain once he left. In it, he writes through Hillaryvilles contradictions: the pristine beauty and the ragged roads; his teenage desire to leave and his adult desire to honor his tangled roots; the plantation history and the ups and downs of the Black community that made homes of this reparation town. Hometowns have a way of keeping a part of you, says Jones, and if Im making something young-me would be proud of, Hillaryville is a big part of that. Jones finds something transformative in his memories there and the life he has led since, ultimately claiming and embracing his whole self.

The result is vulnerable, personal, touching on Joness relationship to church life, to his mother, to his queerness, to his worth. I wish I could tell my youn