Ward, Jesmyn

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Let Us Descend

Ward’s fiercely engrossing but quietly told narrative personalizes the horrors of enslavement in the United States, making this an essential purchase for all collections.

Let Us Descend

This testament to Ward’s mastery of language should leave readers scrambling for a highlighter.
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Sing, Unburied, Sing

Directing flaws aside, libraries will want to satisfy eager literature lovers with all available formats. ["Lyrical yet tough, Ward's distilled language effectively captures the hard lives, fraught relationships, and spiritual depth of her characters": LJ 5/15/2017 starred review of the Scribner hc.]
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Sing, Unburied, Sing

Lyrical yet tough, Ward's distilled language effectively captures the hard lives, fraught relationships, and spiritual depth of her characters. [See Prepub Alert, 3/8/17.]
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The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race

This relevant anthology illuminates the fears, hopes, and joys of blackness and will spark interest in the contributors' previous works. [See Prepub Alert, 2/8/16.]
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Men We Reaped

A must for all libraries. ["Ward's candid account is full of sadness and hope that takes readers out of their comfort zone and proves that education and hard work are the way up for the young and downtrodden," read the review of the Bloomsbury hc, LJ 9/1/13.]
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Men We Reaped: A Memoir

Ward's candid account is full of sadness and hope that takes readers out of their comfort zone and proves that education and hard work are the way up for the young and downtrodden. [See Prepub Alert, 3/11/13.]
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Salvage the Bones

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