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
grit ifs
If there was ever a time to boil up some grits it is now.
literature hallmark american-literature
The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.
religious believe sacrifice
I am neither religious nor superstitious, but there is something otherworldly about the space where two roads come together. The devil is said to set up shop there if you want to swap your soul for something more useful. If you believe that God can be bribed, it's also the hallowed ground to make sacrifices. In the literal sense, it's also a place to change direction, but once you've changed it, you're stuck until you come to another crossroads, and who knows how long that will be.
love-is yarn sweaters
I guess this is how love is when it comes undone. No matter how tight you knit the stitches, a sharp tug on a loose thread will transform your warm sweater into a mangled heap of yarn that you can't reuse or repair.
couple fighting thinking
I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.