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On Witness and Respair: Essays Format:Hardcover Belle da Costa Greene isThe collected creative nonfiction of a singular American writer, Jesmyn Ward, including widely shared classics, three never before published speeches, and an introductory essay. Respair (noun, obsolete), fresh hope after despair. From the two time National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Jesmyn Ward, this collection of essays documents more than a decade of work in the life of a singular writer often lauded as the heir apparent