Ward, Jesmyn
Summary: "For Tulane University's 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. Speaking about the challenges she and her family overcame, Ward inspired everyone in the audience with her meditation on tenacity in the face of hardship. Ward's moving words will inspire listeners as they prepare for the next...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARD, JESMYN WARWard, Jesmyn.
Summary: Recounts the loss of five young men in the author's life to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the misfortune that can follow those who live in poverty, sharing her experiences of living through the dying as she searches through answers in her community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARD, JESMYN WARCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WARD WARWard, Jesmyn.
Summary: Recounts the loss of five young men in the author's life to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the misfortune that can follow those who live in poverty, sharing her experiences of living through the dying as she searches through answers in her community.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2014
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 WARD, JESYMN WARWard, Jesmyn
Summary: What's inside: Travel tips about seafood shacks, secret beaches, scenic rives and fishing destinations; Interviews with oyster farmers, historians and mermaid performers; Stories about hot sauce, hurricanes, islands and Old Florida.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.6 GULF COAST WARSummary: "National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin's 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time, as a jumping off point for this groundbreaking collection of essays and poems about race from the most important voices of her generation and our time. In light of recent tragedies and widespread protests across the nation, The Progressive magazine republished one of its most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2016