Q&A with Tayari Jones, author of ‘Kin,’ about the paths of two motherless girls
Novel set in the ‘50s and ‘60s takes place in Louisiana, Atlanta and Memphis.
“I do believe our friendships are the other love stories in our lives,” says Tayari Jones, the author of “Kin.”
By Suzanne Van Atten
9 hours ago
When Atlanta author Tayari Jones set out to write her new book, “Kin,” she was contracted to write a contemporary novel about gentrification in Atlanta.
“For whatever reason, the novel just wasn’t happening,” said Jones, author of “An American Marriage,” winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019. “It kind of felt like I was in an arranged marriage. It made sense, but it just didn’t have that mysterious thing that happens when a writer and a subject really connect.”
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