Tayari Jones

@tayari

AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE (Obama’s Reading List & Oprah’s Book Club); Lit agent: jane@dystel.com, Speaking agent carol@workman.com, film agent CAA

Atlanta
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Joined April 2007
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    6 Feb 2018

    Thank you, , for extending your hand to me and my new novel, An American Marriage. I am honored to join your book club and connect hearts and minds by raising our voices and telling our stories. Love, Tayari

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    May 8

    Hurrah. Delighted to see three of our 2019 shortlisted authors on this year's Orwell Prize for Political Writing longlist 🎉 Congratulations to Anna Burns, Diana Evans and Tayari Jones!

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    17 hours ago

    Feminists are made, not born... Like all political positions one becomes a believer in feminist politics through choice and action. –– bell hooks

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  4. 21 hours ago

    Looking forward to Seattle on Tuesday May 14th. Tickets are available here. (Student tix available!)

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  5. May 11

    Next up: Seattle on Tuesday May 14th. Tickets are available here. (Student tix available!)

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    May 10

    Join us this month!!❤️❤️ Book of the month; American Marriage by Tayari Jones🎉📚🎉

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    May 10

    This is a HUGE announcement for me. A moment in my career that I will never forget. I got the opportunity to interview THE for . We talked about Mother Spelman, AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, and much more.

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    May 9

    Chobani was founded by a Kurdish refugee who treats his workers right, pays them a living wage, has given them ownership in the company should it go public, and routinely creates jobs for other refugees, despite being targeted by far right extremists. Hamdi Ulukaya is the MAN.

    Chobani Yogurt announces it will pay off all of Rhode Island district's school lunch debt
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    May 10

    I've never not once in my entire Black ass life seen a WMATA operator eating and thought I should report it. They are eating, when they must, at their jobs. And they can do it, but I cannot and that is perfectly equitable.

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    May 10

    I live in DC. I'm from here. I will never forget when a pregnant Black womxn was thrown to the ground for eating a french fry on the escalator *into* the metro. Eating in metro is a charged issue.

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  11. May 10

    To everyone who is struggling this Mother’s Day, I’m holding you in my heart. Some folks are hurt; others are grieving; still others are longing. Prayers to you all. Everybody’s life ain’t no Hallmark card.

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  12. May 10

    Why are people so cavalier about trying to get someone fired? Unemployment is serious. It’s a slippery slope to homelessness. Why would she do this over such a minor infraction?

    This is . Natasha talks alot about the challanges of writing as a minority woman, but took it upon herself to report a BW for *checks notes* eating. In uniform. Sis told her “worry about yourself,” and the “I need to speak to a manager” jumped out.
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    May 10

    Don't miss this stunning debut by , out next Tuesday. My review is up now:

    DISAPPEARING EARTH by Julia Phillips
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    May 9

    How does one explain this cruelty other than we believe that poor people should be punished for their poverty?

    One restaurant owner said she tried donating $4,000 to help pay off the students’ debts, but the district turned her down.
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    May 9

    Join us tonight from 5:30-7 pm at as we set out to read "An American Marriage" by as an Aspen community

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  16. May 9

    I'll be in Seattle for on Tuesday May 14th. Tickets are available here. (Student tix available!)

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  17. May 8

    Mother's Day is coming up. My mom has been a mother for a long time. What can I get her that's interesting? She's tired of flowers and brunch.

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  18. May 7

    Let's say your beloved assistant, Olivia, got an awesome new job. Where would you take her for a fancy NYC dinner? Preferably somewhere with dim light so she won't have to see me weeping.

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    May 5

    Say her name: Autherine Lucy Foster—“Expelled in 1956, black woman gets doctorate at U of Alabama”

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    May 6

    Hurry - head over to our Instagram before noon Eastern today to enter for a chance to win an autographed copy of the U.K. edition of 's - a finalist for

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    May 5

    Wonderful talk by “Don’t be afraid to tell your stories”

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