Upcoming awards ceremony to honor Jesmyn Ward at the State Theatre. From Locus Magazine –

JESMYN WARD’s Sing, Unburied, Sing (Scribner) won the $11,000 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in the Fiction category for ‘‘books that have made important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.’’ She will be honored in a ceremony September 27, 2018 at the State Theatre in Cleveland OH.