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Where the Line Bleeds
Joshua and Christophe are twins, raised by a blind grandmother and a large extended family in a rural town on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. They've just finished high school and need to find jobs, but in a failing post-Katrina economy, it's not easy. Joshua gets work on the docks, but Christophe's not so lucky. Desperate to alleviate the family's poverty, he starts to sell drugs. He can hide it from his grandmother but not his twin, and the two grow increasingly estranged. Christophe's downward spiral is accelerated first by crack, then by the reappearance of the twins' parents: Cille, who abandoned them, and Sandman, a creepy, predatory addict. Sandman taunts Christophe, eventually provoking a shocking confrontation that will ultimately damn or save both twins. Ward inhabits these characters, and this world -- black Creole, poor, and drug-riddled, yet shored by family and community-- to a r…
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Salvage the Bones
Winner of the National Book Award Jesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing , delivers a gritty but tender novel about family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina. A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pitbull's new litter, dying one by one in the dirt. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to their drama…
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Sing, Unburied, Sing
Di usia 13 tahun, Jojo sudah dipaksa untuk menjadi lelaki dewasa. Dia harus berperan sebagai orangtua bagi adik balitanya, karena sang ayah mendekam di penjara dan sang ibu pencandu narkoba. Seakan hidup Jojo belum cukup rumit, dia dihantui pamannya, Given, yang mati karena korban rasisme. Hantu sang paman yang terus merongrong, membuat Jojo tak bisa tenang. Karena tak tahan, Jojo akhirnya membantu arwah Given membereskan urusan duniawinya. Bukan hal yang mudah, karena tiba-tiba sang ibu menyeret Jojo dan adiknya menempuh perjalanan jauh untuk menjemput ayah mereka dari penjara. Jojo dan adiknya harus menahan lapar sepanjang jalan, karena sang ibu lebih memilih narkoba daripada beli makanan. Belum lagi gangguan arwah Given yang tak henti. Apa sebenarnya yang diinginkan arwah sang paman? Dapatkah Jojo menjaga adiknya dari ibunya yang kecanduan sehingga mereka bisa pulang dengan selamat? P…
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Dust tracks on a road
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Men We Reaped
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Jonah's gourd vine
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Let Us Descend
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The Fire This Time
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The Best American Short Stories 2021
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Navigate Your Stars
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Fire This Time
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Guernica #2
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Kasırga Tutulması
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De mannen die we oogstten
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Het lied van de geesten