Tayari Jones
Tayari Jones
Tayari Jonesis an American author and winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction. She was educated at Spelman College, the University of Iowa and Arizona State University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth30 November 1970
CountryUnited States of America
heart character home
Nine Years Under is a sparkling debut--- brimming with love and bursting with life. Booker's Baltimore is equal parts The Wire and The Cosby show. She doesn't shrink from the realities of life in an inner city funeral home, but she is also a loving witness, documenting the big hearted community that takes care of its own. Told with compassion, wit, and good old fashioned story telling, Sheri Booker gives us unforgettable characters who will make you laugh right up until they break your heart.
justice mind would-be
I don't mind expressing my opinions and speaking out against injustice. I would be doing this even if I wasn't a writer. I grew up in a household that believed in social justice. I have always understood myself as having an obligation to stand on the side of the silenced, the oppressed, and the mistreated.
people stronger sometimes
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.
creating perfect four
It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.
children atlanta cities
My first novel, Leaving Atlanta, took at look at my hometown in the late 1970s, when the city was terrorized by a serial murderer that left at least 29 African-American children dead.
school years mentor
I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.
girl kind invisible
I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.
lying want fiction
When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth.
moving past passing
This is what I have come to know: Our past is never passed and there is no such thing as moving on. But there is this telling and there is such a thing as passing through.
writing people novel
When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends.
mean home writing
Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it.
girl writing organization
I take mentoring very seriously and I am on the board of an organization called Girls Write Now, where we match teen girls and writing mentors because it changes their lives,
grit ifs
If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.