The next novel by Jesmyn Ward, the two-time National Book Award winner, is the story of an enslaved teenage girl that is a blend of magical realism, historical narrative, and Dante’s “Inferno.” Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Friday that Ward’s Let Us Descend will come out Oct. 24. It’s her first novel since Sing, Unburied, Sing, winner of the National Book Award in 2017, and first fictional work set in the distant past.
Learn More
The All the Light We Cannot See Netflix limited series premieres November 2 — from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) and starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti.
At age 3, Shane McCrae was taken from his Black father by his white grandparents — a rupture he explores in a new memoir, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun.
Read More at The New York Times
Explore works by 2022 MacArthur Fellow
Kiese Laymon
