National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward Gives Reading April 12

Two-Time National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward Gives Reading April 12th

Keynote speaker Jesmyn Ward will give a public reading, Tuesday, April 12th at 7:00pm in the Bettersworth Auditorium.

Jesmyn Ward has been hailed as the standout writer of her generation, becoming the first woman and the first person of color to win two National Book Awards for Fiction.

"A tour-de-force ... Ward is an attentive and precise writer who dazzles with the natural and supernatural observations and lyrical details ... she continues telling stories we need to hear with rare clarity and power." -O, The Oprah Magazine

Sponsors for the event: Division of Access, Diversity and Inclusion, Division of Student Affairs, African American Studies, and the Department of English