Jesmyn Ward

19 books

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

214 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Cattle Haul (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 1) by Jesmyn Ward, Brigid Hughes

Cattle Haul (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 1)

Jesmyn Ward, Brigid Hughes

23 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dust Tracks on a Road by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road

Zora Neale Hurston

324 pages • first pub 1942 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence by Joann Wypijewski, Amy Goodman, Kevin Alexander Gray, Tara Skurtu, Robin D.G. Kelley, Quassan Castro, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Jeffrey St. Clair, Brenda E. Stevenson, Jesmyn Ward, Rita Dove, Jesse Jackson, bell hooks, June Jordan, Cornel West, Alexander Cockburn, Patricia Willimas, Etan Thomas, Tim Wise, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vijay Prashad

Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence

Joann Wypijewski, Amy Goodman, Kevin Alexander Gray, Tara Skurtu, Robin D.G. Kelley, Quassan Castro, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Jeffrey St. Clair, Brenda E. Stevenson, Jesmyn Ward, Rita Dove, Jesse Jackson, bell hooks, June Jordan, Cornel West, Alexander Cockburn, Patricia Willimas, Etan Thomas, Tim Wise, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Vijay Prashad

420 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

305 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett

The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

Natalie Eve Garrett

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward

Navigate Your Stars

Jesmyn Ward

64 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

271 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Bois Sauvage #3

Jesmyn Ward

304 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced