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An Evening with Jesmyn Ward

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses life, her literary vision, and her unique perspective on life, love, and loss.

Join us for an evening with two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward as she discusses how her literary vision and personal experiences address urgent questions about racism and social injustice.  

Ward, hailed as “the new Toni Morrison” by the American Booksellers Association, is the author of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including the critically acclaimed novels Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones, and the memoir Men We Reaped. In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of color to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. A professor of creative writing at Tulane University and contributing editor to Vanity Fair, Ward’s many honors include the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and a Strauss Living Award.

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This event is made possible by Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration among public libraries offering premier events. ILP is funded in part by a grant awarded by the Illinois State Library, a department of the Office of Secretary of State, using funds provided by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). ILP is committed to inclusion and accessibility. To request accommodations, please email illinoislibrariespresent@gmail.com.

This program will take place online on Zoom and will live captioned and recorded. The recording will be posted on the Illinois Libraries Present YouTube page 1-2 days after the program, and it will be available for 14 days. A link to the recording will be shared with all registrants via Zoom (both those who register and attend and those who register and are unable to attend.)

Because this recording will be recorded for future viewing on the Illinois Libraries Present YouTube page, please review the following:

I acknowledge my participation (or my child’s participation) in this virtual program includes the recording of this program which may include my name as listed on my account, images and/or video footage. I grant Illinois Libraries Present my permission to use the photographs and/or video footage for any legal use, including but not limited to: publicity, copyright purposes, illustration, advertising, and web content.

Furthermore, I understand that no royalty, fee or other compensation shall become payable to me by reason of such use.

AGE GROUP: | Adults - ages 19+ |

EVENT TYPE: | Reading and Literacy | Popular Culture | General Interest |

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