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Category: Jesmyn Ward

Nature, Nurture and a Nightmare: A Review of Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Using elements of the weather woven in with the myth of Medea, Jesmyn Ward tells a gripping story of a troubled family’s attempts of preparation and then at survival in the days previous to and just after Hurricane Katrina. The novel opens with the family dog, China giving birth to her puppies in a detailed,…

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Poetic, Painful, Profound: A Review of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

The novel opens with a 13 year old Jojo claiming his understanding of death as he stands watching his loving Pop (grandfather) butcher a wild hog. It’s his birthday and he is eager to show himself a man. His throwing up after he helps his Pop clean up shows he’s not quite there yet. Sing,…

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