Category Archives: News
Tayari Jones Joins the Faculty of Emory University
Tayari Jones will join Emory University’s renowned Creative Writing Program this fall as a member of the English faculty in Emory College of Arts and Sciences. She will be on sabbatical for the fall semester, but will begin teaching in … Continue reading →
Tayari Jones Appears on Late Night With Seth Meyers
Tayari Jones on NPR’s Code Switch with Karen Grigsby Bates
“An American Marriage Came Together After A Trip To The Mall” Find the full transcript here. … Continue reading →
An American Marriage Chosen For Oprah’s Book Club
Oprah Winfrey chooses An American Marriage for 2018 Oprah’s Book Club. … Continue reading →
Jones Elected to Georgia Authors Hall of Fame
Five authors comprise the 2018 class of Georgia Writers Hall of Fame inductees: Michael Bishop, Tayari Jones and Cynthia Shearer will be admitted at the November ceremony; Furman Bisher and Frances Newman will be honored posthumously. The Georgia Writers Hall … Continue reading →
Tayari Jones Elected To The Boards of Directors of Two Arts Organizations
Tayari Jones has assumed exciting new roles in two arts organizations. Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W) seeks to educate the imagination by offering innovative creative writing programs for students and teachers, and by providing a variety of publications and resources to … Continue reading →
Tayari Jones Named Black Mountain Institute Shearing Fellow
The Diana L. Bennett Fellows Program at UNLV’s Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute (BMI) awards Tayari Jones a fellowship for the academic year 2017-18. She will be in residence in Las Vegas to accept this opportunity and begin … Continue reading →
AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE: EW Cover Reveal
The cover of Tayari Jones’s new novel, An American Marriage, is revealed today on Entertainment Weekly. Read an excerpt. … Continue reading →
ATLANTA NOIR is Available for Pre-Order
Order from: B & N, Amazon.com A Capella Books (Atlanta) “People who don’t know Atlanta don’t understand the codes and contradictions of the New South. Yes, Margaret Mitchell imagined the plantation Tara within the city limits, but it’s also the … Continue reading →
NEA Big Read Grants Announced
The following organizations received grants from the NEA Big Read to plan programming around Silver Sparrow. Dates and times will be posted on this “Appearances” page. Black Storytellers of San Diego, Chula Vista, California Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York … Continue reading →
Jones Reviews Irving in NYT
“A writer of great imagination, Irving can sell the reader on nearly any plot twist no matter how incredible — from a murderous statue of the Virgin Mary to a pride of anthropomorphized lionesses to a pair of (possibly) paranormal, … Continue reading →
Silver Sparrow Added to the NEA Big Read Library
The National Endowment for the Arts announced that two contemporary novels written by female writers will join the Big Read library—Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones and In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner. These novels will be available for organizations … Continue reading →
Fellowship of Southern Writers Selects Tayari Jones for Membership
Tayari Jones has been selected for membership into the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Founded in 1987 by a group of writers who met in Chattanooga, the Fellowship of Southern Writers is a nonprofit organization which has for its objective the … Continue reading →
Silver Sparrow Annouced as Featured Title for 2015 “All Henrico Reads”
Henrico Country Public Library has chosen Silver Sparrow for the 2015 “All Henrico Reads,” a community reading program that aims to encourage a sense of community and promote literacy. Group discussions of Silver Sparrow will be held at public libraries … Continue reading →