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28 Days of Literary Blackness With VSB | Day 11: An American Marriage: A Novel by Tayari Jones

Publisher Synopsis: Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have…

By

Panama Jackson

Published

February 11, 2019
News

Here's What the Last American President Who Read a Book Is Reading This Summer

By now, we’re well acquainted with the fact that Barack Obama loves a list. During his presidency (ah yes, let’s all sit with this memory for a moment) and after, the Cookout DJ-in-Chief would share playlists, including one summer 2016 playlist that was adorably separated into “daytime” and “nighttime” installments (included in the night-time playlist…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

August 20, 2018
Beauty + Style

In An American Marriage, Tayari Jones Gets to the Heart of Our Matter

“When love calls, you better answer”—at least, that’s what Atlantic Starr once told us. But what happens when Oprah calls? The Glow Up asked writer Tayari Jones, who got the call from the great and powerful O in October when her latest novel, An American Marriage, was chosen as the first Oprah’s Book Club selection…

By

Maiysha Kai

Published

February 13, 2018