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Fresh Air — Tayari Jones on friendship, writing, and choosing your ‘Kin’
Not scored yet44m·2026-02-24·Arts Culture

Tayari Jones on friendship, writing, and choosing your ‘Kin’

Fresh Air

Eight years after her bestseller 'An American Marriage,' Tayari Jones has written a new novel, 'Kin,' set in the Jim Crow South. It follows two girls, Vernice and Annie, who grow up next door to each other without their mothers. That shared wound binds them and carries them through adulthood and across class lines.…

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