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Jones Featured in Photo Exhibiton
Her Word as Witness: Women Writers of the African Diaspora, a collection of photographs by Brooklyn artist Layla Amatullah Barrayn, opened at Restoration Plaza’s Skylight Gallery on December 3, 2011....
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Silver Sparrow Nominated for NAACP Image Awards
The NAACP Image Awards is the nation’s premier multi-cultural awards show celebrating the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (television, recording, literature,...
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BCALA Honors Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow has been named as a 2012 Honor Book by The Black Caucus of the American Library Association. BCALA serves as an advocate for the development, promotion, and improvement of library...
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Lingering Memories of Black Boys: Tayari Jones on Trayvon Martin
Tayari Jones appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” this evening to discuss the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. Learning about death and dying is part of growing up. If we are lucky, we come to...
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Silver Sparrow Chosen For Texas Library Association’s “Lariat List” for 2012
Compiled by a committee of Texas librarians, the annual list of Lariat award winners calls attention to outstanding fiction published during the year that merit special attention from adult readers....
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Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Honors Tayari Jones
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation has selected Tayari Jones to receive the “Lifetime Acheivement Award in Fine Arts”, to be presented on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at the annual Celebration...
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Silver Sparrow Nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Silver Sparrow is among 154 books, nominated by libraries in 120 cities, in 44 countries, in 19 languages. The longlist, which is announced in November of each year, is the full list of all eligible...
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Tayari Jones to Deliver Closing Keynote at 2013 Writers Digest Conference
On April 7th, Tayari Jones will deliver the closing keynote address at the 2013 Writers Digest Conference in New York City. The address, “You Already Have Everything You Need,” will be an...
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Brazos Valley Reads Chooses Leaving Atlanta
Brazos Valley Reads (BVR) is a community effort organized by Texas A&M University’s Department of English with extensive support from various groups in the university and the community. It was...
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Tayari Jones to Receive Inaugural Girls Write Now Award
NEW YORK, NY – Girls Write Now (GWN), New York’s first and only writing and mentoring program for high school girls, celebrates its 15th Anniversary with the launch of the Girls Write Now Awards. This...
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Leaving Atlanta Named as a Best Debut (2000-2009)
Bookpage lists Tayari Jones’s 2002 debut, Leaving Atlanta, as one of the best debuts of the decade. Which signal the beginnings of a successful career? Which are flashes in the pan? It’s often hard to...
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Silver Sparrow Named Among the 50 Best Southern Novels Ever Written
The South has begotten some of our nation’s most important authors, including prize winners like William Styron, Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, Ralph Ellison, Harper Lee, and that titan of...
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O Magazine Lists Silver Sparrow as an All-Time Favorite in Annual Books of...
Why isn’t Jones a household name, and why isn’t this unputdownable book on every must-read list? “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist,” reveals protagonist Dana in the opening sentence...
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Silver Sparrow Annouced as Featured Title for 2015 “All Henrico Reads”
Henrico Country Public Library has chosen Silver Sparrow for the 2015 “All Henrico Reads,” a community reading program that aims to encourage a sense of community and promote literacy. Group...
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Fellowship of Southern Writers Selects Tayari Jones for Membership
Tayari Jones has been selected for membership into the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Founded in 1987 by a group of writers who met in Chattanooga, the Fellowship of Southern Writers is a nonprofit...
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Silver Sparrow Added to the NEA Big Read Library
the National Endowment for the Arts announced that two contemporary novels written by female writers will join the Big Read library—Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones and In the Shadow of the Banyan by...
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Jones Reviews Irving in NYT
“A writer of great imagination, Irving can sell the reader on nearly any plot twist no matter how incredible — from a murderous statue of the Virgin Mary to a pride of anthropomorphized lionesses to a...
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NEA Big Read Grants Announced
The following organizations received grants from the NEA Big Read to plan programming around Silver Sparrow. Dates and times will be posted on this “Appearances” page. Black Storytellers of San...
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ATLANTA NOIR is Available for Pre-Order
Order from: B & N, Amazon.com A Capella Books (Atlanta) “People who don’t know Atlanta don’t understand the codes and contradictions of the New South. Yes, Margaret Mitchell imagined the...
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