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Author Jesmyn Ward smiles for a photo at the National Book Awards ceremony

Jesmyn Ward

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In the face of devastating loss, Jesmyn Ward holds onto 'respair'

Jesmyn Ward's new essay collection is called "On Witness And Respair."

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