{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c82f2befceee9b62daa0deb/6033d4321027c448ec314579?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Mississippi Arts Hour |  Jesmyn Ward","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c82f2befceee9b62daa0deb/1614009310849-bccd59fc817f2af7c6b4a4eed5bc65de.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Leslie Barker talks with this year’s Governor’s Arts Awards honoree for Excellence in Literature, Jesmyn Ward. The first woman to win the National Book Award twice, a recipient of a McArthur Genius Grant, and one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People of 2018, Ward’s writing pulls deeply from her Mississippi roots. It’s a conversation about storytelling, community, education, and life in DeLisle, Mississippi</p><p><br></p><p>Photo Credit: Beowulf Sheehan</p>","author_name":"MPB Think Radio"}