Jesmyn Ward

23 books

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying

William Faulkner

248 pages • paperback • 1930

fiction classics literary challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

214 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction literary science fiction short stories challenging dark reflective fast-paced
Cattle Haul (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 1) by Jesmyn Ward, Brigid Hughes

Cattle Haul (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 1)

Jesmyn Ward, Brigid Hughes

23 pages • 2012

fiction short stories challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography by Zora Neale Hurston

Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography

Zora Neale Hurston

308 pages • paperback • 1942

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

184 pages • paperback • 1925

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced
Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence by Patricia Willimas, bell hooks, Tim Wise, Robin D.G. Kelley, Etan Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Joann Wypijewski, June Jordan, Cornel West, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Jeffrey St. Clair, Quassan Castro, Jesse Jackson, Tara Skurtu, Amy Goodman, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Brenda E. Stevenson, Alexander Cockburn, Kevin Alexander Gray, Rita Dove, Vijay Prashad

Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence

Patricia Willimas, bell hooks, Tim Wise, Robin D.G. Kelley, Etan Thomas, Jesmyn Ward, Joann Wypijewski, June Jordan, Cornel West, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Jeffrey St. Clair, Quassan Castro, Jesse Jackson, Tara Skurtu, Amy Goodman, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Brenda E. Stevenson, Alexander Cockburn, Kevin Alexander Gray, Rita Dove, Vijay Prashad

420 pages • 2014

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Let Us Descend

Jesmyn Ward

305 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone by Natalie Eve Garrett

The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone

Natalie Eve Garrett

272 pages • paperback • 2022

nonfiction essays emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • hardcover • 2013

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mother Swamp by Jesmyn Ward

Mother Swamp

A Point in Time #7

Jesmyn Ward

23 pages • digital • 2022

fiction historical short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced