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Jesmyn Ward

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads September 4, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Rukmini Callimachi, Annie Waldman and Joshua Kaplan, Jesmyn Ward, Hillery Stone, and Alice Driver.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

Between Jesmyn and Ta-Nehisi

by Katie Kosma August 12, 2019October 19, 2022

Author Jesmyn Ward sits down with Ta-Nehisi Coates to discuss slavery, superheroes, and how much you have to hate yourself to enjoy being famous.

Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story

Celebrating a Profound Literary Inheritance: Glory Edim on the Well-Read Black Girl Anthology

by Joshunda Sanders November 6, 2018October 19, 2022

Glory Edim talks about editing her new anthology, the push for equity in publishing, and how black women writers have written themselves into spaces that neglect or ignore them.

Posted inCulture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Home Is a Mixed Bag, Like America

by Aaron Gilbreath July 30, 2018October 19, 2022

Why would a successful black woman move from the Bay Area back to Mississippi?

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