Jesmyn Ward

Oprah's Super Soul

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Oprah sits down with two-time National Book Award winning author Jesmyn Ward to talk about her new novel and Oprah’s Book Club 103rd pick Let Us Descend. The narrative is set in the 19th century during the time of slavery. It follows a teenage girl’s journey across the American South. Announced in October on CBS Mornings, Oprah describes Jesmyn’s latest novel as “a vital work for our culture.” In this moving conversation, Oprah and Jesmyn discuss their upbringings in Mississippi, how the loss of Jesmyn’s partner caused her to take a 6-month writing hiatus and how she wants people to leave the book with a sense of hope. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey.
0:02.0	Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast.
0:06.0	I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give yourself is time,
0:12.0	taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.8	Your journey to become more inspired
0:18.3	and connected to the deeper world around us
0:21.6	starts right now.
0:24.0	Well, I have to say it is, it feels like more than an honor, you know, people say
0:30.2	the word, I'm so honored, but it feels like a privilege to be able to sit with you because I think
0:37.9	that you have been favored with, gifted with,
0:43.0	with, such an ability
0:45.0	to create an aperture for people to see themselves
0:49.0	through your words.
0:51.0	And so it feels like I'm sitting in the presence of some kind of majesty
0:56.8	with the way that you are able to do that. So I thank you for taking the time to be
1:02.3	here with me because I have read all of your works and I come
1:07.2	away from every experience, especially men we have reaped, salvaged bones,
1:13.6	especially all of them.
1:15.0	I come away from every one of them
1:16.8	with that Negro spiritual in mine.
1:18.9	I know I've been changed.
1:20.8	And so, what does it feel like for you on your side of it to have this gift?
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