![]() ![]() And where being black and poor or white and unlucky might get you sent upstate to Parchman Farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, which has evolved only superficially from the long-ago days when it operated like a plantation: “ the long line. ![]() $26.īois Sauvage, Miss., is the kind of place where a black man might be shot dead because of a bet gone awry, and where the authorities might agree to deem the incident a “hunting accident.” A place where ignoring a No Trespassing sign can get you chased off a white man’s property at the barrel of a gun. SING, UNBURIED, SING By Jesmyn Ward 304 pp. (This book was selected as one of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2017. ![]()
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