Tayari Jones

“Senator Raphael Warnock Is Running Again for the Soul of Georgia” by Tayari Jones appeared in the June 23, 2022, issue of TIME Magazine.
“While the matter at hand is the November election, larger questions loom. Can the sparks that threaten the dry kindling of our democracy be extinguished at the ballot box? In an era of rage and political violence, can a reverend chart a path that gives...

“I Grew Up in Atlanta — Here’s How the Culinary Scene Changed Before My Eyes.”
“The lockdowns of 2020 hit Atlanta hard, as they did the rest of the world. But in the spring of 2021, as the trees once again sprouted new leaves, we emerged from our homes to reacquaint ourselves with our city. For me, the experience was even more...

Tayari Jones has been awarded a 2021 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Established in 1925 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, in memory of seventeen-year-old John Simon Guggenheim, the elder of their...

An American Marriage appears in TIME Magazine’s “The 25 Defining Works of the Black Renaissance.” According to TIME, “The works of this new canon are defined by their breadth and diversity—a movement of pop stars and public intellectuals, superheroes...