Arts Jun 11 Black authors knew they were being paid less. This hashtag revealed how large the gap really is By Joshua Barajas, Jeffrey Brown
Arts Jan 31 Jesmyn Ward takes your questions about her novel ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ Jesmyn Ward’s novel “Sing, Unburied, Sing” was our inaugural pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.” As we concluded our reading of the novel, Ward took questions from readers on the PBS… By Elizabeth Flock
Arts Jan 31 Watch 6:39 Jesmyn Ward answers your questions about ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ Award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward joins Jeffrey Brown to answer readers’ questions about her novel “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” the first selection in the Now Read This book club, plus we announce what we’ll be reading for next month. By Jeffrey Brown
Arts Jan 29 Inside Mississippi’s notorious Parchman prison Mississippi State Prison in Parchman, Mississippi, has a long history as a penitentiary. And it features as a haunted setting in Jesmyn Ward’s National Award-winning 2017 novel “Sing, Unburied, Sing.”… By Hannah Grabenstein
Arts Jan 03 Watch 6:02 Introducing the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, ‘Now Read This’ The PBS NewsHour has teamed up with The New York Times to bring you a new book club called Now Read This. It will allow readers to participate in discussions in real time and ask questions of the authors. The… By PBS NewsHour
Jan 03 ‘Persist. Read, write, and improve.’ Jesmyn Ward shares the best writing advice she’s ever received By Elizabeth Flock The author shares her writing advice, daily writing routine and more. Continue reading
Jan 03 Discussion questions for ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ By Elizabeth Flock Use these questions to help guide your discussions as you read the book over the next month. Continue reading
Jan 03 New York Times Book Review: In ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing,’ a Haunted Road Trip to Prison By Tracy K. Smith Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith reviews "Sing, Unburied, Sing."… Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 7:18 Jesmyn Ward’s ‘Sing, Unburied, Sing’ is a ghost story about the real struggles of living By PBS NewsHour Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward writes the stories of the people and places she found absent in literature while growing up. Her new fiction novel, “Sing, Unburied, Sing,” weaves the supernatural with genuine characters that are molded by the rural and… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch 6:08 Writer Jesmyn Ward reflects on survival since Katrina By PBS NewsHour After writer and Tulane University professor Jesmyn Ward survived Hurricane Katrina while staying at her grandmother’s house, she wrote “Salvage the Bones,” an award-winning novel about a Mississippi family in the days leading up to the devastating storm. She joins… Continue watching