Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Tayari Jones
Born: November 30, 1970 (age 54)
Bio: Tayari Jones is an American author and winner of the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction. She was educated at Spelman College, the University of Iowa and Arizona State University.
Known for:
- Silver Sparrow (2011)
- Leaving Atlanta (2002)
- The untelling (2005)
- An American Marriage: A Novel (2018)