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Tayari Jones: How I Found My Voice
Aug 20, 2023
Novelist Tayari Jones discusses her life and career, including growing up in Atlanta, her development as a writer, and the impact of Judy Blume. She shares the honor of being selected for Barack Obama's reading list and Oprah's Book Club. They explore racism, relationships, and incarceration in her novels. She reflects on the choices and experiences of women in marriage and motherhood. Atlanta's cultural scene and the importance of 'marshmallows' in writing a novel are also discussed.
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- Growing up in a racially divided neighborhood shaped Tayari Jones' perspective on identity and activism.
- By telling stories from her generation, Tayari Jones fills in the gaps of history and gives voices to the marginalized.
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Growing up in Cascade Heights, Atlanta in the 1970s
The guest, author Tayari Jones, shares her childhood experiences growing up in Cascade Heights, a black middle-class community in Atlanta. She explains that she didn't realize until later that there was a historical racial divide in the neighborhood with a literal wall erected to keep black families out. Jones reflects on her parents' education, their activism in the civil rights movement, and the tensions between wanting to belong and being proud of her parents' principles.
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