Tayari Jones
Goodreads Author
Born
in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
Website
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Member Since
May 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/tayari
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An American Marriage
15 editions
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2018
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Silver Sparrow
47 editions
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2011
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Leaving Atlanta
16 editions
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2002
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The Untelling
20 editions
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2005
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Half Light
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3 editions
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2020
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Dispossession
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5 editions
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2021
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Atlanta Noir (Akashic Noir)
7 editions
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2017
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An American Marriage & Silver Sparrow By Tayari Jones 2 Books Collection Set
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There’s Nothing Virtuous About Finding Common Ground
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Old Fourth Ward
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Tayari’s Recent Updates
Tayari Jones
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“But home isn't where you land; home is where you launch. You can't pick your home any more than you can choose your family. In poker, you get five cards. Three of them you can swap out, but two are yours to keep: family and native land.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
“There should be a word for this, the way it feels to steal something that’s already yours.”
― An American Marriage
― An American Marriage
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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Literary Fiction ...: Listening to Toni Morrison | 3 | 27 | Oct 29, 2008 08:37PM | |
Literary Fiction ...: recent, delightful books by african american authors | 16 | 99 | Jan 28, 2009 04:58PM | |
Literary Fiction ...: Voices from the Gaps | 2 | 22 | Feb 18, 2009 06:38AM | |
Literary Fiction ...: eJournal - Multicultural Literature | 2 | 29 | Feb 24, 2009 01:43PM | |
Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: The Gangster We Are All Looking For | 37 | 117 | Mar 23, 2009 07:23PM | |
Literary Fiction ...: White Authors/Protagonists of Color | 45 | 525 | Jun 18, 2009 03:35PM | |
Literary Fiction ...: What blogs are you reading? | 7 | 34 | Sep 08, 2009 11:49AM | |
Literary Fiction ...: NAACP Image Award Nominees in Literature | 2 | 36 | Jan 07, 2010 03:57AM |
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