RaveNPRJesmyn Ward\'s superb memoir Men We Reaped finds powerful new meaning in Tubman\'s words, which serve as a still-relevant metaphor for the Southern black American experience ... Ward\'s deceptively conversational prose masks her uncommon skill at imagery. She makes you feel the anguish of each lost life, as well as her survivor\'s guilt, with its ever-present haunt of memory ... Ward capably, sensitively covers many important subjects — from the fragility of African-American manhood, to the expectations of familial responsibility, to the difficulties of living in both the white and black worlds ... In each vignette, she\'s often silent, but always watching and processing. She\'s candid enough to paint the flaws in the deceased as well as their good qualities...She\'s also talented enough to turn such prose into poetry.
