Copyright © 2013 by Jesmyn Ward

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Published by Bloomsbury USA, New York

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ward, Jesmyn.
Men we reaped : a memoir / Jesmyn Ward.—First U.S.
edition.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN 978-1-60819-757-6
1. Ward, Jesmyn. 2. African American women authors—
Biography. 3. Rural poor—Mississippi—Biography.
4. African American men—Mississippi. I. Title.
PS3623.A7323Z46 2013
813′.6—dc23
[B]
2013013600

First U.S. edition 2013
Electronic edition published in September 2013

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