Jesmyn Quotes
- Jesmyn Ward is an alchemist. She transmutes pain and loss into gold. Men We Reaped illustrates hardships but thankfully, vitally, it's just as clear about… — Victor LaValle
- With Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward has written the best sort of novel-a beautiful, important book that's both unflinching and tender, heartbreaking and triumphant. A… — Skip Horack
- Jesmyn Ward left her Gulf Coast home for education and experience, but it called her back. It called on her in most painful ways, to… — Natasha Trethewey
- Jesmyn Ward returns to the world of her first two books, but here in the mode of non-fiction. A clear-eyed witness to the harrowing stories… — Nicholas Delbanco