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Jesmyn Ward
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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
Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward

Where the Line Bleeds

Bois Sauvage #1

Jesmyn Ward

242 pages • first pub 2006 (editions) user-added

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective slow-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
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim

Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

Glory Edim

272 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

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

Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence

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

420 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Heidi Pitlor, Geraldine Brooks

The Best American Short Stories 2011

The Best American Short Stories #2011

Heidi Pitlor, Geraldine Brooks

384 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-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
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Purple Hibiscus

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

307 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced