Men we reaped / Ward, Jesmyn

Jesmyn Ward, a prize-winning author, delves into her upbringing in rural Mississippi and examines how poverty and racism contributed to the deaths of five young men in her life.

Recounts the loss of five young men in the author's life to drugs, accidents, suicide, and the misfortune that can follow those who live in poverty, sharing her experiences of living through the dying as she searches through answers in her community.

Jesmyn Ward, a prize-winning author, delves into her upbringing in rural Mississippi and examines how poverty and racism contributed to the deaths of five young men in her life.