How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 13, 2023
Ward is classically beautiful — delicate and golden-skinned with her hair hanging in long curls. She is friendly and open yet reserved. Her face is unlined, making her appear much younger than her 46 years. But there are occasions when she sets her jaw and fixes to speak, and you find that she has the speech habits of an elder Black woman, following profound observations with silence, waiting for her point to sink in without exegesis or elaboration. When she laughs, though, shoulders hunched, I can imagine her as a little girl running around the . . .
