“Ward’s frank prose is beautiful and harsh poetry. As a fellow Southern author put it, Ward writes like ‘an angel with a knife to your throat.’ A native of DeLisle, Miss., and a Katrina survivor, Ward won the 2011 National Book Award for ‘Salvage the Bones,’ her second novel.” -Edward M. Eveld
Read his interview with Jesmyn Ward HERE. 
Ward will be coming to LIVE to discuss Salvage the Bones on May 1st! Get your tickets HERE.

“Ward’s frank prose is beautiful and harsh poetry. As a fellow Southern author put it, Ward writes like ‘an angel with a knife to your throat.’ A native of DeLisle, Miss., and a Katrina survivor, Ward won the 2011 National Book Award for ‘Salvage the Bones,’ her second novel.” -Edward M. Eveld

Read his interview with Jesmyn Ward HERE. 

Ward will be coming to LIVE to discuss Salvage the Bones on May 1st! Get your tickets HERE.


  1. nypl reblogged this from livefromthenypl and added:
    Jesmyn Ward, at the Library, May 1. Be there!
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