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SING, UNBURIED, SING
Winner of the National Book Award 2017
An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing examines the power – and limitations – of family bonds.
Jojo is thirteen and trying to understand what it means to be a man. His mother, Leonie, is in constant conflict with herself and those around her. She is black and her children’s father is white. She wants to be a better mother, but can’t put her children above her own needs. When the children’s father is released from prison, Leonie packs her kids and a friend into her car and drives north to the heart of Mississippi and Parchman Farm, the State Penitentiary. Rich with Ward’s distinctive, lyrical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America.
‘A must’ Margaret Atwood, Twitter
‘Beautiful in every sense’ Spectator
‘Blazing with power, grief and tenderness’ Financial Times
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THE FIRE THIS TIME
A New York Times Bestseller
In this New York Times bestselling collection of essays and poems, National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward gathers a new generation of writers and thinkers to speak on race. From Claudia Rankine to Jericho Brown, these voices shine a light on the darkest corners of American history, wrestle with the struggles the country faces today and imagine a better future.
Envisioned as a response to The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin’s groundbreaking 1963 essay collection, The Fire This Time considers the black experience in modern America. Sage, urgent and impassioned, this is an essential collection edited by one of America’s greatest writers.
‘[A] powerful book … Alive with purpose, conviction and intellect’ New York Times
‘This is a book to pick up and tuck under our hearts to see what we can build’ Nikki Giovanni, poet
‘To Baldwin’s call we now have a choral response – one that should be read by every one of us committed to the cause of equality and freedom’ Jelani Cobb, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University
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MEN WE REAPED
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
Jesmyn Ward’s acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from, in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young black men dear to her, including her beloved brother – to accidents, murder and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected by identity and place. As Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: the fates of these young men were predetermined by who they were and where they were from, because racism and economic struggle breed a certain kind of bad luck. The agonising reality brought Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own.
‘A brutal, moving memoir’ Guardian
‘Raw, beautiful and dangerous’ Tayari Jones, New York Times Book Review
‘Acute and often beautiful’ Financial Times
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SALVAGE THE BONES
Winner of the National Book Award 2011
A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch’s father is growing concerned. He’s a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn’t often he worries about the family. Esch and her three brothers are stockpiling food, but there isn’t much to save. Lately, Esch can’t keep down what food she gets; at fifteen, she has just realised that she’s pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pit bull’s new litter, dying one by one. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child’s play and short on parenting.
As the twelve days that make up the novel’s framework yield to a dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family pulls itself up to face another day.
‘Fresh and urgent’ New York Times
‘Masterful … Salvage the Bones has the aura of a classic about it’ Washington Post
‘Ward writes like a dream’ The Times
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