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Jesmyn ward received her mfa from the university of michigan and is currently a professor of creative writing at tulane university. She is the author of the novels where the line bleeds and salvage the bones, which won the 2011 national book award, and sing, unburied, sing, which won the 2017 national book award. Salvage the bones ebook by jesmyn ward rakuten kobo. That harrowing experience inspired wards 2011 novel, salvage the bones, which won the national book award for fiction. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading salvage the bones. Listen to salvage the bones audiobook by jesmyn ward. She is a former stegner fellow stanford university and grisham writer in residence at the university of mississippi.
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