Jesmyn Ward
Jesmyn Ward is an American novelist and a Professor of English at Tulane University, where she holds the Andrew W. Mellon Professorship in the Humanities. She won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction for her second novel Salvage the Bones and won the 2017 National Book Award for Fiction for her novel Sing, Unburied, Sing. She also received a 2012 Alex Award for the story about familial love and community in facing Hurricane Katrina. She is the only woman and only African American to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. All three of Ward's novels are set in the fictitious Mississippi town of Bois Sauvage.
Books by Jesmyn Ward
2 books available
Men We Reaped
by Jesmyn Ward
4.2(15,558)
In a memoir, Jesmyn Ward explores the truth behind the loss of five young Black men in her life, showing how systemic racism and poverty in rural Mississippi caused immense pain.
Salvage the Bones
by Jesmyn Ward
3.9(47,578)
In a Mississippi Gulf Coast town, a pregnant teen and her brothers deal with poverty, a coming hurricane, and the harsh demands of family and nature as they try to save what little they have.