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Tayari Jones
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in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
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[image error]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 January 2019.
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An American Marriage
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Silver Sparrow
— published 2011 |
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Leaving Atlanta
— published 2002 — 11 editions |
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The Untelling
— published 2005 — 13 editions |
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Atlanta Noir
— 3 editions |
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Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
by , — 2 editions |
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Pearl Cleage and Free Womanhood: Essays on Her Prose Works
by , — published 2012 — 4 editions |
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January 2018,
Tayari Jones
"Atlanta native Tayari Jones, the author of this month's An American Marriage , is on a mission to celebrate literature of the new South. "When people hear the term 'Southern literature,' they think about the Civil War, grandmothers, and mules," she says. "But the South is more than our past."" ...More
"Atlanta native Tayari Jones, the author of this month's An American Marriage , is on a mission to celebrate literature of the new South. "When people hear the term 'Southern literature,' they think about the Civil War, grandmothers, and mules," she says. "But the South is more than our past."" ...More
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“But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
― Tayari Jones, An American Marriage
“People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.”
― Tayari Jones
― Tayari Jones
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| Literary Fiction ...: Voices from the Gaps | 2 | 20 | Feb 18, 2009 06:38AM | |
| Literary Fiction ...: eJournal - Multicultural Literature | 2 | 27 | Feb 24, 2009 01:43PM | |
| Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: The Gangster We Are All Looking For | 37 | 95 | Mar 23, 2009 07:23PM | |
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| Literary Fiction ...: What blogs are you reading? | 7 | 32 | Sep 08, 2009 11:49AM | |
| Literary Fiction ...: NAACP Image Award Nominees in Literature | 2 | 34 | Jan 07, 2010 03:57AM |
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