Jesmyn Ward novel 'Let Us Descend' to be published Oct. 3The next novel by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward is the story of an enslaved teenage girl that the publisher is calling a blend of magical realism, historical narrative and Dante’s “Inferno.”.
Author Jesmyn Ward wins Library of Congress fiction prizeThe 2022 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction has gone to Jesmyn Ward, who at 45, is the youngest person to receive the library’s fiction award and is being honored for her lifetime of work examining racism and social injustice.
Classic Ntozake Shange play to be reissued in book formA classic play by the late Ntozake Shange is being reissued in book form in April to coincide with its Broadway revival by the director-choreographer Camille A.
2021 in Books: `Everything feels magnified'In 2021, few in the publishing industry worried that no one cared about books anymore.
Prize-winning 1619 Project now coming out in book formIt began as a prize-winning magazine issue and became a cultural flashpoint, and now “The 1619 Project” is coming out as a book.
Pandemic fiction: Fall books include stories of the virusThe fall book season will be packed with new works by such high-profile authors as Jonathan Franzen, Sally Rooney and Colson Whitehead.
LeVar Burton launches book club with James Baldwin novelLeVar Burton has found another way to share his love of reading.
Two books based on '1619 Project' coming out in NovemberTwo books based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning “1619 Project” will be released this fall, with contributions from Jesmyn Ward, Jason Reynolds, Ibram X.