02735cam a2200397 i 4500 623508230 TxAuBib 20210224120000.0 140128s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013013600 9781608197651 1608197654 (OCoLC)869343489 YDXCP YDXCP eng eng rda rda rda YDXCP rda BDX YDXCP UKMGB OCLCO OCLCQ MHA OCLCF OCLCQ S1C IOG IBI SZR CHILD XXWGB GILDS AUW OCLCA JDP OSU TxAuBib BDX UKMGB OCLCO OCLCQ MHA OCLCF OCLCQ S1C IOG IBI SZR CHILD XXWGB GILDS AUW OCLCA JDP OSU TxAuBib rda Ward, Jesmyn. Men We Reaped : A Memoir / By Jesmyn Ward. Paperback edition. New York : Bloomsbury, 2014. 260 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes "Reading group guide" (pages 256-260.) Includes bibliographical references (page 260.) We Are in Wolf Town -- Roger Eric Daniels III -- We Are Born -- Desmond Cook -- We Are Wounded -- Charles Joseph Martin -- We Are Watching -- Ronald Wayne Lizana -- We Are Learning -- Joshua Adam Dedeaux -- We Are Here. "Jesmyn Ward's universally acclaimed memoir shines a light on the community she comes from, in the small town of DeLisle, Mississippi, a place of quiet beauty and fierce attachment. Here, in the space of four years, she lost five young men dear to her, including her beloved brother--to accidents, murder, and suicide. Their deaths were seemingly unconnected, yet their lives had been connected, by identity and place, and as Jesmyn dealt with these losses, she came to a staggering truth: These young men died because of who they were and the place they were from, because certain disadvantages breed a certain kind of bad luck. Because they lived with a history of racism and economic struggle. They agonizing reality commanded Jesmyn to write, at last, their true stories and her own. 'Men We Reaped' opens up a parallel universe, yet it points to problems whose roots are woven into the soil under all our feet. This indispensable American memoir is destined to become a classic"-- Provided by back cover. 1020L Lexile. 20210224. Ward, Jesmyn. African American women authors Biography. Rural poor Mississippi Biography. African American men Mississippi. Biographies. lcgft Autobiographies. lcgft TXKPL