Jesmyn Ward

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In “Let Us Descend,” author Jesmyn Ward follows a young enslaved woman’s journey from the Carolinas to Louisiana in the pre-Civil War South.

Jesmyn Ward explores life of enslaved woman pre-Civil War

In “Let Us Descend,” author Jesmyn Ward follows a young enslaved woman’s journey from the Carolinas to Louisiana in the pre-Civil War South.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Jesmyn Ward sets her novels in small-town Mississippi, and uses that setting to explore how America’s racist past continues to burden its present.

Jesmyn Ward: How racism haunts the present

Jesmyn Ward sets her novels in small-town Mississippi, and uses that setting to explore how America’s racist past continues to burden its present.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Author Jesmyn Ward is regularly called a modern William Faulkner.

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward on how racism haunts the present

Author Jesmyn Ward is regularly called a modern William Faulkner.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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