{"product_id":"conversations-with-jesmyn-ward-hardback-9781496856678","title":"Conversations with Jesmyn Ward (Hardback) 9781496856678","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConversations with Jesmyn Ward\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKemeshia Randle Swanson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496856678\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 August 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e204 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJesmyn Ward (b. 1977) is arguably one of today’s most important authors. Although often compared to William Faulkner, Ward and her writings have done anything but live in that shadow since the 2008 debut of her first novel \u003ci\u003eWhere the Line Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e. She has produced four novels and a memoir that are equally harrowing and heartening, and she is the recipient of numerous major literary awards and fellowships, including two National Book Awards, for \u003ci\u003eSalvage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBones\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eSing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnburied\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSing\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning from 2009 to the present, the interviews collected in \u003ci\u003eConversations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eJesmyn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWard\u003c\/i\u003e display a master artist with a poetic command for words. Ward’s personality and writing style could be characterized as gentle, passionate, fastidious, queer, and brutally honest, as her soft-spoken voice and lyrical prose express a passion for the world so large and consuming that it often emanates as rage or sadness but always leaves readers with a bit of hope. She speaks at length about grief, her writing process, and a love-hate relationship with her home state of Mississippi and the South, as well as the influence that her family, hip-hop music and culture, and vigorous childhood reading have on her writing.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eGetting the South Right: An Interview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eNico Berry \/ 2009\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward on \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Hoover \/ 2011\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSalvage the Bones\u003c\/i\u003e, Family’s Story of Survival\u003cbr\u003eMichel Martin \/ 2011\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward by Rebecca Keith\u003cbr\u003eRebecca Keith \/ 2012\u003cbr\u003eNew Memoir Recounts Black Lives \"Reaped\" Too Young\u003cbr\u003eRachel Martin \/ 2013\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward: \u003ci\u003eMen We Reaped\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTobias Carroll \/ 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e Interview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eKima Jones \/ 2013\u003cbr\u003eAn Interview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eRoxane Gay \/ 2013\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward on How Books Can Make Us Better People\u003cbr\u003eKiese Laymon \/ 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e Talks with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eKyla Marshell \/ 2016\u003cbr\u003eLiterary Voice of the Dirty South: An Interview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eDanille K. Taylor \/ 2016\u003cbr\u003eHaunted by Ghosts: \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e Interviews Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eAdam Vitcavage \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003ePowell’s Interview: Jesmyn Ward, Author of \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRhianna Walton \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eInterview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Baker \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eNatalie Y. Moore \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eGhosts of Our Past: An Interview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eLouise McCune \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eGhosts of History: An Interview with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eLouis Elliot \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward: \"So Much of Life Is Pain and Sorrow and Willful Ignorance\"\u003cbr\u003eVanessa Thorpe \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eFor Jesmyn Ward, Writing Means Telling the \"Truth About the Place That I Live In\"\u003cbr\u003eSam Briger \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eThe Carnegie Shortlist Interviews: Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eAnnie Bostrom \/ 2017\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eAlma Mathijsen \/ 2018\u003cbr\u003eJesmyn Ward on Writing Honest Novels with Good Titles, Inhabiting Ghosts, and Learning to Love Faulkner\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Acker \/ 2020\u003cbr\u003eTwo-Time National Book Award–Winning Author Jesmyn Ward on Her Novel \u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAyesha Rascoe \/ 2023\u003cbr\u003ePoured Over: Jesmyn Ward on \u003ci\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMiwa Messer \/ 2023\u003cbr\u003eSomething Beautiful Out of the Darkness\u003cbr\u003eRegina N. Bradley \/ 2023\u003cbr\u003e\"Writing is Restorative\": A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward\u003cbr\u003eKemeshia Randle Swanson \/ 2024\u003cbr\u003eAdditional Resources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607727763736,"sku":"9781496856678","price":66.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conversations-with-jesmyn-ward-hardback-9781496856678","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}