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SUMMARY:Jesmyn Ward
DESCRIPTION:In Salvage the Bones\, Jesmyn Ward gives us the Batiste fa
 mily\: Esch\, a pregnant 14-year-old\, her teenage brothers and their 
 alcoholic father\, who are watching Hurricane Katrina brew over the Gu
 lf. Drawing on her own experiences as a survivor of Katrina\, Ward off
 ers a troubling but ultimately empowering tale of familial bonds in th
 e face of overwhelming circumstances. Reception follows talk.\n\nSalva
 ge the Bones won the 2011 National Book Award for Fiction and the Amer
 ican Library Association’s Alex Award. Ward has been called “fearl
 ess and toughly lyrical” (The Library Journal). Her unflinching port
 rayals of young black men and women struggling to thrive in a South ra
 vaged by poverty and natural disaster have been praised for their “g
 raphic clarity” (The Boston Globe) and “hugeness of heart” (O\: 
 The Oprah Magazine). Ward’s precise and graceful narratives make her
  a fitting heir to the rich literary tradition of the American South.\
 n\nWard received her MFA in creative writing from the University of Mi
 chigan\, where she won five Hopwood Awards for her fiction\, essays an
 d drama. She held a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University from 200
 8-2010\, and served as the Grisham Writer in Residence at the Universi
 ty of Mississippi during the following year. Ward currently teaches cr
 eative writing at the University of Southern Alabama in Mobile. \nSpon
 sored by the Office of Cultural Events. Recommended for a mature audie
 nce.
LOCATION:Shirley Recital Hall\, Elberson Fine Arts Center
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