Navigate your stars / Jesmyn Ward ; illustrations by Gina Triplett.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1982131322
- 9781982131326
- 158.1 23
- PS3623.A323 Z46 2020
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Bedford Public Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 158.1 WAR | More online. | Available | 32500001796383 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, New York Times bestselling, and two-time National Book Award-winning Jesmyn Ward.
For Tulane University's 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. Speaking about the challenges she and her family overcame, Ward inspired everyone in the audience with her meditation on tenacity in the face of hardship. Ward's moving words will inspire readers as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives, whether, like Ward, they are the first in their families to graduate from college or are preceded by generations, or whether they are embarking on a different kind of journey later in life.
Beautifully illustrated in full color by Gina Triplett, this gorgeous and profound book will charm a generation of students--and their parents. Ward's inimitable voice shines through as she shares her experience as a Southern black woman and addresses the themes of grit, adversity, and the importance of family bonds. Navigate Your Stars is a perfect gift for anyone in need of inspiration from the author of Salvage the Bones , Men We Reaped , and Sing, Unburied, Sing.
"For Tulane University's 2018 commencement, Jesmyn Ward delivered a stirring speech about the value of hard work and the importance of respect for oneself and others. Speaking about the challenges she and her family overcame, Ward inspired everyone in the audience with her meditation on tenacity in the face of hardship. Ward's moving words will inspire listeners as they prepare for the next chapter in their lives, whether, like Ward, they are the first in their families to graduate from college or are preceded by generations, or whether they are embarking on a different kind of journey later in life."--Amazon.com.
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Library Journal Review
As Ward clarified in her 2018 commencement address at Tulane University, she didn't get to be a New York Times best-selling, two-time National Book Award-winning author by dreamily sitting around. Her themes: hard work, respect for self and others,and a tough-get-going attitude in the face of adversity, which she illustrated by citing challenges she and her family have overcome.Author notes provided by Syndetics
Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University.(Bowker Author Biography)