Common Read 2021: The Fire This Time
A guide to provide context and support for Mt. Holyoke's 2021 Common Read
Biography and website
Jesmyn Ward
National Book Award Winner - Essayist - Memoirist - Professor of Creative Writing, Tulane University.
Photograph of Jesmyn Ward by Beowulf Sheehan
Books written by Jesmyn Ward
- Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward; Gina Triplett (Illustrator)ISBN: 9781982131326Publication Date: 2020-04-07
- Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn WardCall Number: Ebook (3 simultaneous users)l MH Stacks PS3623.A7323 W47 2018ISBN: 9781501164330Publication Date: 2018-01-16
- Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardCall Number: Ebook (3 simultaneous users); MH Stacks PS3623.A7323 S56 2017ISBN: 9781501126093Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn WardCall Number: Ebook (1 simultaneous user); MH Stacks PS3623.A7323 Z46 2013ISBN: 9781608197576Publication Date: 2013-09-17
- Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardCall Number: Ebook (1 simultaneous user); MH Stacks PS3623.A7323 S36 2011ISBN: 9781608196272Publication Date: 2011-08-30
Awards
- 2021 Finalist, National Magazine Award for Essay and Criticism, "Witness and Respair", Vanity Fair
- 2019 Mark Twain American Voice In Literature Award
- 2017 National Book Award, Sing Unburied, Sing
- 2017 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant
- 2017 Finalist, Kirkus Prize, Sing, Unburied, Sing
- 2016 Strauss Living Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters
- 2014 Heartland Prize, Nonfiction, Men We Reaped
- 2014 Finalist, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Men We Reaped
- 2013 Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography, Men We Reaped
- 2012 Alex Award, American Library Association Award for Young Adult Readers, Salvage the Bones
- 2011 National Book Award, Salvage the Bones
- 2009 Black Caucus of the National Book Awards, Where the Line Bleeds
- 2009 Finalist, Virginia Commonwealth University Cabell First Novelist Award, Where the Line Bleeds
- 2009 Finalist, Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, Where the Line Bleeds
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