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Wilmington Public Library will start its Black History Month Speaker Series: Still I Rise with author and professor, Jesmyn Ward on Thursday, February 1st at 6pm.
They have partnered with the University of Delaware Library, Museums and Press and are welcoming moderator Roderick Carey who is an assistant professor at the University of Delaware
Jesmyn Ward’s newest book, “Let Us Descend” is Oprah’s Book Club Pick, instant New York Times Bestseller, and shortlisted for the 2024 Carnegie Medal for Excellence.
Jesmyn Ward is a two-time National Book Award winner, youngest winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, and MacArthur Fellow.
“Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching. Searching, harrowing, replete with transcendent love, the novel is a journey from the rice fields of the Carolinas to the slave markets of New Orleans and into the fearsome heart of a Louisiana sugar plantation.”
Books will be available for purchase the day of the event *while supplies last.
This is free and open to the public. No registration or tickets required. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.