Jesmyn Ward

20 books

The Best American Short Stories 2011 by Heidi Pitlor, Geraldine Brooks

The Best American Short Stories 2011

Heidi Pitlor, Geraldine Brooks

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced

384 pages | first published 2011

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild and Other Stories

Octavia E. Butler

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories challenging dark reflective fast-paced

214 pages | first published 1995

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

fiction short stories challenging informative reflective slow-paced

23 pages | first published 2012

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

226 pages | first published 2016

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

fiction classics literary reflective medium-paced

180 pages | first published 1925

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

nonfiction essays history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

420 pages | first published 2014

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 with Megan Giddings, Claire Dederer, Imani Perry, Jeffery Renard Allen, Maggie Shipstead, Emily Raboteau, Lev Grossman, Lena Dunham, Yiyun Li, Anthony Doerr, Helena Fitzgerald, Maile Meloy, Aja Gabel, Jean Kwok, Amy Shearn, Peter Ho Davies, Maya Shanbhag Lang, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jesmyn Ward, Dina Nayeri, Melissa Febos, Lidia Yuknavitch

nonfiction essays emotional reflective sad medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2022

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2013

Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward, Gina Triplett

Navigate Your Stars

Jesmyn Ward, Gina Triplett

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

64 pages | first published 2020

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

fiction contemporary historical literary emotional sad tense slow-paced

271 pages | first published 2011