Book excerpt: “Let Us Descend” by Jesmyn Ward
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 22, 2023
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"Let Us Descend" (Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, part of Paramount Global), the latest novel from two-time National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward, is thick with ghosts, history and searing poetry, in its dramatic story about an enslaved Black girl in the American South, a descendant of a warrior in Africa.
Read an excerpt below.
