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Bookmark or Share- Review: Powerful language unleashes unspeakable terror of slaveryLauded author Jesmyn Ward’s historical novel ‘Let Us Descend’ brings transcendent truths to story of American slavery. Lauren Francis-Sharma October 16, 2023 Updated: October 17, 2023, 11:48 am “Let Us Descend” by Jesmyn Ward.
- Writing Mississippi: Jesmyn Ward Salvages Stories Of The SilencedFor writer Jesmyn Ward, Mississippi is a place she loves and hates all at once. She grew up and still lives in the tiny town of DeLisle, Miss., close by the Gulf Coast, where, she writes,...
- Two-time National Book Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward on her ... - NPRIn her new novel set before the Civil War, author Jesmyn Ward drops readers into the life of a young enslaved Black woman named Annis in the American South. We...
- Jesmyn Ward on Her Husband’s Death and Grief During COVID-19 | Vanity FairOn Witness and Respair: A Personal Tragedy Followed by Pandemic. The acclaimed novelist lost her beloved husband—the father of her children—as COVID-19 swept across the country. She writes ...
- Jesmyn Ward | Biography, National Book Award, Facts, & Books | BritannicaJesmyn Ward (born April 1, 1977, Oakland, California, U.S.) is one of the most acclaimed writers of the 21st century, publishing novels and nonfiction works that explore the lives of poor African Americans living in coastal Mississippi, all written in an authentic voice combined with lyrical prose. She is the first woman and the first Black ...
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