Jesmyn Ward is arguably one of the most important writers of our generation. She has won two National Book Awards before fifty (first woman to do that and first Black woman to do that). And in this, her new essay book, ON WITNESS AND RESPAIR, she writes essays on everything from Faulkner to Hurricane Katrina. This book is in part a look back at some of her most impactful essays, speeches, and book introductions-but this is also a remarkable book full of pain, fascination and joy. Join us in our conversation with one of the generations most thoughtful and talented writers.
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Books mentioned on this week's episode:
On Witness and Respair by Jesmyn Ward
Let us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Heavy by Kiese Laymon
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Years by Nicholas Delbanco
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