How Jesmyn Ward Is Reimagining Southern Literature The novelist is competing with giants like William Faulkner, while mapping territory all her own.
18 New Books to Read in October: Jesmyn Ward, John Grisham, Michael Lewis and more Buzzy new novels from Jesmyn Ward, Tananarive Due and Daniel Clowes; biographies of Madonna and Sam Bankman-Fried; John Grisham’s sequel to “The Firm”; and much more.