Tayari Jones
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Tayari Jones is the author of four novels and holds degrees from Spelman College, Arizona State University, and the University of Iowa. A recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Tayari has taught at Prairie View A&M University, East Tennessee State University, the University of Illinois and George Washington University. In addition, she has led workshops in Portugal, Ghana, Uganda, and Brazil. Currently, she is an Associate Professor in the MFA program at Rutgers-Newark University, where she was awarded with a Board of Trustees Award for Scholarly Excellence, the Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, a Leader in Faculty Diversity Award. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the United States Artists Foundation and the arts councils of Arizona and Illinois. She spent the 2011-12 academic year at Harvard University as a Radcliffe Institute Fellow, researching her forthcoming novel, Dear History.
“””An American Marriage”””r | “””Leaving Atlanta”””r | “””Other Awards and Honors”””r | “””Silver Sparrow”””r | *#1 Choice for the Summer, TODAY Show, 2011r | *50 Best Southern Novels, Flavorwire, 2012r | *Aspen Words Literary Prize, 2019r | *Barack Obama Summer Reading List, 2018r | *Best of the South, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2011 r | *Best of the Year List, Mosaic Literary Magazine, 2011 r | *Best of the Year List, Slate, 2011r | *Best of the Year Selection, Amazon, 2018 r | *Best of the Year Selection, Bustle, 2018r | *Best of the Year Selection, NPR, 2018r | *Best of the Year Selection, O, The Oprah Magazine, 2018 r | *Best of the Year Selection, Time, 2018r | *Big READ Selection, NEAr | *Black Caucus Literary Award for Fiction, American Library Association, 2019r | *Book of the Year, Apple Books, 2018r | *Brazos Valley Reads Selection, Texas A&M, 2013 r | *Favorites of Favorites List, LibraryReads, 2018r | *Favorites of the Year List, Salon, 2011r | *Finalist, 10th Annual GoodReads Choice Awards – Best of Fiction, 2018 r | *Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, 2019r | *Honor Book, American Library Association Black Caucus, 2012r | *Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Fiction, NAACP, 2019 r | *Lariat List, Texas Library Association, 2012r | *Longlist, Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2019r | *Longlist, Aspen Words Literary Prize, 2019r | *Longlist, National Book Award for Fiction, 2018r | *Longlist, Orwell Prize for Fiction, 2019r | *Longlist, Simpson Family Literary Prize, 2019 r | *Most Notable Book List – Fiction, New York Times, 2018r | *Most Notable Book List – Fiction, Washington Post, 2018r | *Nominated, NAACP Image Award, 2012r | *Oprah’s Book Club Selection, 2018r | *Starred Review, Foreword Reviewsr | *Starred Review, Kirkusr | *Starred Review, Library Journalr | *Time 100 Next List, 2021r | *Top Five Fiction Titles of the Year, Atlanta Magazine, 2011r | *Top Ten of the Year, Library Journal, 2011r | *Women’s Prize for Fiction, 2019 r | r
An American marriage : | Leaving Atlanta / | Silver sparrow : | The untelling /