"Jesmyn Ward left her Gulf Coast home for……" — Natasha Trethewey

Jesmyn Ward left her Gulf Coast home for education and experience, but… - Natasha Trethewey

"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 mourn. In Men We Reaped, Jesmyn unburies her dead, that they may live again. And through this emotional excavation, she forces us to see the problems of place and race that led these men to their early graves. Full of beauty, love, and dignity, Men We Reaped is a haunting and essential read."

— Natasha Trethewey

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