Jesmyn Ward is a finalist for a second National Book Award
 

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Mississippi-born writer Jesmyn Ward's novel Sing, Unburied, Sing is among five finalists for the 2017 National Book Award in fiction.

Ward, who teaches creative writing at Tulane University, previously won the award in 2011 for her novel Salvage the Bones.?