Tayari Jones

“I Believed I Would Never Catch Up”: Bestselling Author Tayari Jones Reveals The Strange Magic Behind Her Literary Stardom - British Vogue bit.ly/2zsTTA0

An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job. A billionaire does.

Thousands of people purged from Georgia’s voter rolls reregistered after Harris’ rally in Atlanta ajc.com/politics/thous…

Did the whole of Atlanta wake up with a headache this morning?

@jerichobrown I don’t think he’ll be giving us Midwestern Care Bear. That’s just for friends.

@michele_norris come back to ATL and i’ll take you to see it. it’s beautiful.

Righteous

how lucky to spend the summer immersed in the scholarship of @alexispauline who stewards Black feminist thought and lineages. here, we luxuriated in her fantastic new biography of audre lorde, which recasts lorde's notions of survival on the scale of planetary, cosmic >> nytimes.com/2024/08/22/mag…

‘If you wanna know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.’ Happy beeday, Dorothy Parker

@SPBPHD Heeeey! i’ve been kinda off line for a few years but im alive and kicking. being here tonight reminds me of the old days on here. 💕

@tayari Hey girl! Been a minute. Hope you’re good!

Is that Coach Walz’s son crying? That is so sweet.

@michele_norris I see you over there repping minnesota!

Notice how often he uses the word neighbor in this speech. It’s strategy and it’s smart

@bengreenman hey! I haven’t seen you in forever. and that last tweet made me guffaw.

When Amy Klobuchar got done with her list of all the places that the river flows, Howard Dean should’ve come out and screamed.

Kamala Harris is going to win Georgia. Pass it on.

For @harpersbazaarus, I wrote about Toni Morrison’s usage of food as a motif & ultimate symbolism throughout her work. What an honor to pen a piece about one of my literary heroines. harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-bo…

@jerichobrown no!

Thank you for your service, sir.

I actually choked up a little with that line. AMERICA, I GAVE MY BEST TO YOU.

@alpha1906 See, this is the speech they intended for him to give @ 10, or whatever. The 25 minute keynote.

How long is this speech?

It's midnight. I am sitting here trying not to yawn like I think he can see me.

I know there is a weight off Joe Biden that can’t be explained. To hand off the entire free world to someone and then see the nation get behind her with ferver and ferociousness. #DNC2024CHICAGO #DemConvention2024