Navigate Your Stars - by Jesmyn Ward (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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."--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A revelatory, uplifting, and gorgeously illustrated meditation on dedication, hard work, and the power of perseverance from the beloved, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling, and two-time National Book Award-winning Jesmyn Ward.</b> <p/>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. <p/>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. <i>Navigate Your Stars</i> is a perfect gift for anyone in need of inspiration from the author of <i>Salvage the Bones</i>, <i> </i><i>Men We Reaped</i>, and <i>Sing, Unburied, Sing.</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Ward's text mixes moving personal anecdotes with words of inspiration... [an] exhilarating little volume."<br> --<b><i>BookPage</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jesmyn Ward received her MFA from the University of Michigan and has received the MacArthur Genius Grant, a Stegner Fellowship, a John and Renee Grisham Writers Residency, and the Strauss Living Prize. She is the winner of two National Book Awards for Fiction for <i>Sing, Unburied, Sing</i> (2017) and <i>Salvage the Bones</i> (2011). She is also the author of the novel <i>Where the Line Bleeds</i> and the memoir <i>Men We Reaped, </i> which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize and the Media for a Just Society Award. She is currently an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University and lives in Mississippi
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