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Men we reaped a memoir

A memoir that examines rural poverty and the lingering strains of racism in the South by the author of Salvage the bones.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ward, Jesmyn
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Edition:	First U.S. edition.
Subjects:	Ward, Jesmyn. African American women authors > Biography. Rural poor > Mississippi > Biography. African American men > Mississippi. Memoirs.
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Summary:	A memoir that examines rural poverty and the lingering strains of racism in the South by the author of Salvage the bones.
Physical Description:	258 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781608195213 (hbk.) 160819521X (hbk.)
Author Notes:	Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University. (Bowker Author Biography)