Jesmyn Ward

20 books

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

180 pages • paperback • 1925

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

Killing Trayvons: an Anthology of American Violence

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

Navigate Your Stars

Jesmyn Ward

64 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Salvage the Bones

Bois Sauvage #2

Jesmyn Ward

271 pages • paperback • 2011

fiction contemporary literary emotional sad tense medium-paced