Tulane University professor Jesmyn Ward's latest book was selected as the most recent addition to Oprah's Book Club, just another in a slew of honors bestowed upon Ward and her stunning work over the ...

Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On Tuesday, Winfrey announced she had selected Ward's just-released “Let Us Descend” (Scribner). The novel is ...

S1: Welcome in San Diego. It's Jade Hindman. For today's show , we are talking with award winning author Jesmyn Ward on her approach to writing historical fiction novels and why she thinks they're so ...

In her new collection of essays, "On Witness and Respair," Ward reflects on the importance of storytelling, bearing witness to racism, and finding healing and hope.

NEW YORK (AP) — The next novel by Jesmyn Ward, the two-time National Book Award winner, is the story of an enslaved teenage girl that the publisher is calling a blend of magical realism, historical ...

This month’s new releases include ‘Abundance’ by Hafeez Lakhani, ‘Backtalker: An American Memoir’ by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw and ‘Electric Shamans at the Festival of the Sun’ by Mónica Ojeda ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Let Us Descend" (Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, part of Paramount Global), the latest novel from two-time ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. In her new novel set before the Civil ...

Author and Tulane University professor Jesmyn Ward was named a MacArthur Fellow on Wednesday, a validation of her body of work in both fiction and nonfiction. The awards, presented by the John D. and ...

Annis is not only a young woman — she is also a warrior. Or at the very least, she has been trained as such from childhood by her mother during clandestine practice fights in the antebellum night. It ...

When I buried my father, a man who bequeathed me his entire face but very little of his time, I turned to words from Jesmyn Ward. I didn’t feel appropriately shaken, and certainly this was a problem.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick highlights an author she has long admired, Jesmyn Ward. On Tuesday, Winfrey announced she had selected Ward’s “Let Us Descend,” which came out this ...