“Senator Raphael Warnock Is Running Again for the Soul of Georgia” by Tayari Jones appeared in the June 23, 2022, issue of TIME Magazine. “While the matter at hand is the November election, larger questions loom. Can the sparks that … Continue reading →
“I Grew Up in Atlanta — Here’s How the Culinary Scene Changed Before My Eyes.” “The lockdowns of 2020 hit Atlanta hard, as they did the rest of the world. But in the spring of 2021, as the trees once … Continue reading →
Tayari Jones has been awarded a 2021 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Established in 1925 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, in memory of seventeen-year-old John Simon Guggenheim, the elder of their two sons, … Continue reading →
An American Marriage appears in TIME Magazine’s “The 25 Defining Works of the Black Renaissance.” According to TIME, “The works of this new canon are defined by their breadth and diversity—a movement of pop stars and public intellectuals, superheroes and … Continue reading →
From Tayari Jones, author of the New York Times best-selling An American Marriage, and performed by Gabrielle Union, one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020, comes “Dispossession,” an unflinching story about mothers and sons that will leave listeners reeling for days. … Continue reading →
The Folio Society released its beautiful new hardback edition of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, introduced by Tayari Jones and illustrated by Shabazz Larkin. “ Tayari Jones conveys why this book has touched the hearts and … Continue reading →
Cornell University is hosting a yearlong celebration of Toni Morrison M.A.on the 50th anniversary of The Bluest Eye. Tayari Jones, A.D. White Professor at Large, will serve a panelist for a Feb. 18, 2021, roundtable discussion on Morrison’s creative and … Continue reading →
Manhattan School of Music, one of the premier music schools in the United States, announced a roster of 24 Black artists ranging from instrumentalists to educators, authors, activists, composers, and singers to become Artists Scholars. The illustrious roster includes Pulitzer … Continue reading →
Tayari Jones’s new short story “Half Light” became available as an audiobook only this summer. The story, narrated by Bahni Turpin, is about adult identical twins who embark on a caper of deep personal significance, which takes a fun and … Continue reading →
Tayari Jones has been awarded a Civitella Ranieri Writing Fellowship. Located in a 15th century castle in the Umbrian region of Italy, Civitella is a residency program for international writers, composers, and visual artists. Since 1995, Civitella has hosted more than 900 … Continue reading →
Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiative brings communities together around the shared activity of reading and discussing a book. On June 16, 2020, the Arts Endowment announced funding for 84 organizations to lead NEA Big … Continue reading →
June 13, 2020—”‘I believed I would never catch up’: Bestselling author Tayari Jones reveals the strange magic behind her literary stardom. The literary world is no stranger to fairy tales, but Tayari Jones’s journey from the sidelines to bestselling author … Continue reading →
A sampling of some of the foreign editions of An American Marriage. … Continue reading →
“How can a novel’s social criticism be so unflinching and clear, yet its plot moves like a house on fire? I am tempted to describe Petry as a magician for the many ways that The Street amazes, but this description cheapens her … Continue reading →
Silver Sparrow, Tayari Jones’s 2011 novel, has been printed in the U.K. by Oneworld. According to The Guardian, “This book is as moving, intimate and wise as An American Marriage on the topics of marriage, family and womanhood, and deserves similar acclaim.” … Continue reading →
