Men We Reaped: A Memoir Contributor(s): Ward, Jesmyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1608197654 ISBN-13: 9781608197651 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 1020 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
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Publisher Description: Named one of the Best Books of the Century by New York Magazine |
Contributor Bio(s): Ward, Jesmyn: - Jesmyn Ward grew up in DeLisle, Mississippi. She received her MFA from the University of Michigan, where she won five Hopwood awards for essays, drama, and fiction. A Stegner Fellow at Stanford, from 2008-2010, she has been named the 2010-11 Grisham Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi. Her debut novel, Where the Line Bleeds, was an Essence Magazine Book Club selection, a Black Caucus of the ALA Honor Award recipient, and a finalist for both the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award and the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. In 2017, she was awarded a McArthur Genius Grant. |