Let Us Descend

Name: Let Us Descend
Author: Jesmyn Ward

by Jesmyn Ward

A woman enslaved seeks freedom and agency in colonial America

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Jesmyn Ward

American novelist from Mississippi whose work chronicles Black life and community in the rural South with lyrical intensity. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in 2017, her second such award. She is among the most powerful voices in contemporary American fiction.

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