Jesmyn Ward at Tulane Commencement 2018

Two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward, who has been hailed as the heir to William Faulkner and one of TIME magazine’s Most Influential People of 2018, delivered the keynote address for Tulane University’s Commencement at 9 a.m., May 19 in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
A full transcript of her remarks is available at
commencement.tulane.edu/jesmy...

[@elisabethgleckler2917]

The Dome was silent.

[@myrandaburton4114]

As a college student and aspiring writer, I am encouraged to take this on. Thank you.

[@promotingclasses8715]

I so love this commencement speech. She is talking right to those students and sharing something very important. I have offered this to many young people to listen to her. It was dead silent in the Dome. Everyone listened to her. Such a personal gift. Than you, Jesmyn Ward.

[@Peter32tjrksor]

WTF this is a moving speech. It spoke to me on soooo many levels

[@nicolaablett7790]

Remarkable