Jesmyn Ward
Autor/a de Canteu, esperits, canteu
Sobre l'autor
Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work mostra'n més The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Sèrie
Obres de Jesmyn Ward
Cattle Haul 3 exemplars
Obres associades
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves (2018) — Col·laborador — 379 exemplars
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Col·laborador — 182 exemplars
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Col·laborador — 88 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1977-04-01
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- DeLisle, Mississippi, USA
- Educació
- Stanford University
University of Michigan - Professions
- author
writer in residence
professor - Organitzacions
- University of South Alabama
Tulane University - Premis i honors
- MacArthur Fellowship (2017)
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2022)
Membres
Ressenyes
Violence of dogfighting is spotlighted in this story. Realistic and lushly detailed prose from a teenage girl with several brothers, no mother and a father still mourning the loss of his wife. Great sadness, little joy after their lives are destroyed in the storm.
This novel is about a poor black/mixed race family in modern day Mississippi but there are a lot of flashbacks to earlier 1900s. The mom and kids are on a road trip to pick up dad from prison. The grandmother is dying of cancer. Many of the characters scan see ghosts and have conversations with them.
The writing is very beautiful and poetic, but the plot moved very slowly especially in the first half. The second half was much better, though a little hard to follow, at least on audiobook. Jojo and Pop saved the book; the other characters I mostly found annoying and beyond stupid, making one bad decision after another. Even the 3 year old was just annoying as hell. The story is so so sad, horrific is parts, with hemes of death, home, and family. I can't say I enjoyed the book, though I think it was well written, just not for me.… (més)
The writing is very beautiful and poetic, but the plot moved very slowly especially in the first half. The second half was much better, though a little hard to follow, at least on audiobook. Jojo and Pop saved the book; the other characters I mostly found annoying and beyond stupid, making one bad decision after another. Even the 3 year old was just annoying as hell. The story is so so sad, horrific is parts, with hemes of death, home, and family. I can't say I enjoyed the book, though I think it was well written, just not for me.… (més)
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Premis
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 10
- També de
- 4
- Membres
- 9,842
- Popularitat
- #2,426
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 489
- ISBN
- 145
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 11
The ending was a disappointment for me.