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CANCELLED – A Conversation with Novelist Jesmyn Ward
October 12, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
We learned over the weekend that Jesmyn Ward will be unable to appear on October 12 due to a family health emergency. At this time we do not have a new date set. Her agent has informed us that as soon as they are able, a new date will be set. This will most likely be in Spring 2023.
All current registrants will be notified through Zoom of the cancellation and their information will be retained so that once a new date is set they can be informed.
Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice.
Ward, hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association, is the author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including the critically acclaimed novels Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Ward’s many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Strauss Living Award.
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