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Tayari Jones

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American writer

Person · Open Library

Born
1970-11-30
Works
25

Top works

  • Kin
  • Shelf Discovery
  • An American Marriage
  • Push
  • Silver Sparrow

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Listeners
11
Total plays
122

From www.tayarijones.com Tayari Jones was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia where she spent most of her childhood with the exception of the one year she and her family spent in Nigeria, West Africa. Although she has not lived in her hometown for over a decade, much of her writing centers on the urban south. “Although I now live in the northeast,” she explains, “my imagination lives in Atlanta.” Her first novel, Leaving Atlanta, is a coming of age story set during the city’s infamous child mu

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Instance of
human
Family name
Jones
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Atlanta
Educated at
Spelman College
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
creative writing
Official website
www.tayarijones.com
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date of birth
1970-11-30
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Tayari Jones
writing language
English language
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