This event is in the past.It took place on May 20, 2026 at 92NY.
Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and "heir apparent to Toni Morrison," reads from her new essay collection exploring how fiction heals and witnesses. Expect intimate reflections on Mississippi, motherhood, and the writers who shaped her: from Octavia Butler to Toni Morrison herself.
National Book Award winner
literary nonfiction
essay collection
Black American literature
Tips
📚"the heir apparent to Toni Morrison" (LitHub)
🎤conversation follows the reading
📝new essay collection launch
Jesmyn Ward: On Witness and Repair
Carnegie Hill
Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and "heir apparent to Toni Morrison," reads from her new essay collection exploring how fiction heals and witnesses. Expect intimate reflections on Mississippi, motherhood, and the writers who shaped her: from Octavia Butler to Toni Morrison herself.
National Book Award winner
literary nonfiction
essay collection
Black American literature
Tips
📚"the heir apparent to Toni Morrison" (LitHub)
🎤conversation follows the reading
📝new essay collection launch
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