PBS NewsHour. Jesmyn Ward's 'Sing, unburied, sing' is a ghost story about the real struggles of living /

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 poverty-stricken life in her Mississ...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Brown, Jeffrey, 1956- (Interviewer, Narrator)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions LLC, 2017.
Series:	Academic Video Online
Subjects:	Ward, Jesmyn > Interviews. Ward, Jesmyn. > Sing, unburied, sing. Ward, Jesmyn African American women authors > 21st century > Interviews. Authors, American > 21st century > Interviews. Rural poor in literature. African American children in literature. Écrivaines noires américaines > 21e siècle > Entretiens. Écrivains américains > 21e siècle > Entretiens. Enfants noirs américains dans la littérature. African American children in literature African American women authors Authors, American Rural poor in literature 2000-2099 interviews. Interviews Nonfiction television programs Television news programs Interviews. Nonfiction television programs. Television news programs. Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction. Téléjournaux.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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Summary:	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 poverty-stricken life in her Mississippi hometown. Ward joins Jeffrey Brown to talk about her community and the stories that have come from it.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed May 18, 2023).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (7 minutes)
Playing Time:	00:06:25