Poets & Writers Theater
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“You don’t write a book for a market, a publisher, or an agent; you write it because your heart calls you to write it.” Tayari Jones speaks about her “most personal” novel Silver Sparrow (Algonquin Books, 2011) and about what keeps her going as a writer in this Waterstones video.
Tags: Fiction | Tayari Jones | Silver Sparrow | interview | 2020 | novel | Waterstones | Algonquin Books | 2011 -
Tayari Jones answers questions about her writing process and discusses the obstacles she experienced in publishing her novel Silver Sparrow (Algonquin Books, 2011). Read Jones's interview with debut novelist Angela Flournoy in “First Fiction 2015" in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: interview | July/August 2015 | Tayari Jones | Silver Sparrow | Algonquin Books | Angela Flournoy | Fiction
