Jesmyn Ward (born 1977) is an American writer known for her novels and nonfiction works exploring the lives of poor African Americans in coastal Mississippi. Her works have drawn praise for their authentic voice and lyrical prose. She is the first woman and first Black American novelist to win the National Book Award for fiction twice: for Salvage the Bones (2011) and Sing, Unburied, Sing (2017).
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