That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.
She was the murderous mother who cut us to the bone but left us alive, left us naked and bewildered as wrinkled newborn babies, as blind puppies, as … - Jesmyn Ward
She was the murderous mother who cut us to the bone but left us alive, left us naked and bewildered as wrinkled newborn babies, as blind puppies, as …
- Jesmyn Ward
Life is a hurricane, and we board up to save what we can and bow low to the earth to crouch in that small space above the dirt where the wind will no… - Jesmyn Ward
Life is a hurricane, and we board up to save what we can and bow low to the earth to crouch in that small space above the dirt where the wind will no…
I feel like if you aren't honest and if you don't let go and ease up off of the narrator, then the story doesn't take up a life of its own, and the c… - Jesmyn Ward
I feel like if you aren't honest and if you don't let go and ease up off of the narrator, then the story doesn't take up a life of its own, and the c…
I wanted to be my own heroine. - Jesmyn Ward
I wanted to be my own heroine.
When I was writing the memoir, every page was a battle with myself because I knew I had to tell the truth. That's what the memoir form demands. I als… - Jesmyn Ward
When I was writing the memoir, every page was a battle with myself because I knew I had to tell the truth. That's what the memoir form demands. I als…
I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against th… - Jesmyn Ward
I'm a failed poet. Reading poetry helps me to see the world differently, and I try to infuse my prose with figurative language, which goes against th…
I feel like so much of what happened in the Delta over the decades since slavery was abolished seems much closer in the Delta, and maybe that's becau… - Jesmyn Ward
I feel like so much of what happened in the Delta over the decades since slavery was abolished seems much closer in the Delta, and maybe that's becau…
When I decided to write about my brother and friends, I was attempting to answer the question why. Why did they all die like that? Why so many of the… - Jesmyn Ward
When I decided to write about my brother and friends, I was attempting to answer the question why. Why did they all die like that? Why so many of the…
I think that we need to be more aware of how we are all interconnected, and how we actually need to invest in safety nets and in education, and that … - Jesmyn Ward
I think that we need to be more aware of how we are all interconnected, and how we actually need to invest in safety nets and in education, and that …
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