Writing and Memory, with Jesmyn Ward and Kase Johnstun
The Virtual Jewel Box
Oct 20, 2025
25 min
Award-winning author Jesmyn Ward speaks with Kase Johnstun of Utah Humanities about the craft of writing, resilience, and historical memory, in anticipation of her 2025 David P. Gardner Graduate Lecture in the Humanities and Fine Arts. Ward’s lecture is hosted by the Tanner Humanities Center and the Salt Lake City Public Library, and is part of the Utah Humanities Book Festival.
This episode is a collaboration with the Utah Humanities podcast, Check Your Shelves.
Books by Ward include:
Let Us Descend
Sing Unburied Sing (Winner, National Book Award)
Salvage the Bones (Winner, National Book Award)
