“In every one of the Greeks' mythology tales, there is this: a man chasing a woman, or a woman chasing a man. There is never a meeting in the middle.” MenLoveWomenRelationshipsGenderMythology Book:Salvage the Bones Source: Salvage the Bones
“Speaking specifically about the memoir, I know that's a criticism that people can have about my work. When I look at the young men's lives, if they're reduced to the worst thing they've done, then it's easy for them to become a stereotype. I keep running into that with newspaper articles that are very short.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenLooksDoneRunningYoungEasyWorstCriticismNewspapersMemoirYoung ManArticlesWorst ThingsStereotypeKeep Running Author:Jesmyn Ward
“I felt like if I didn't write about what happened to the young men here in the South of America, the same things would keep occurring. Here in the South, young black men just keep dying - young black women, too. I couldn't live with myself if I hadn't been as honest as possible about that.” MenWritingBlackHonestDyingBlack Women Author:Jesmyn Ward
“Some people think that Southern hip-hop doesn't have any depth. They think it's just noise, all about people having a good time in the club. And some of it doesn't have a lot of depth, it's true, but some does. I wanted to work against that stereotype. These are verses by Southern artists who are really wrestling with what it means to be here, young black men who are trying to figure out how to live in the South. So I wanted the epigraphs in my novels to reflect that.” PeopleThinkingMenTryingMeanArtistBlackNovelGood TimesWrestlingSouthernVersesStereotypeHaving A Good Time Author:Jesmyn Ward
“My father owned pit bulls when I was young. He sometimes fought them. My brother and a lot of the men in my community owned pit bulls as well: sometimes they fought them for honor, never for money.” MenWellsSometimesYoungFatherCommunityHe ManBrotherHonorMy BrotherBullsPitsPit Bull Book:Salvage the Bones: A Novel Source: Salvage the Bones: A Novel
