The Arts Hour - International bestselling novelist Tayari Jones
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Nikki Bedi meets international bestselling author Tayari Jones whose award-winning novel ‘An American Marriage’ was chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her Book Club and was championed by former US President Barack Obama. As an important contemporary voice in American fiction, Tayari is celebrated for writing about race, class, and life in the American South, all of which feature in her latest novel Kin.
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Tayari Jones and film critic Guy Lodge join Nikki in conversation about the week’s cultural highlights.
(Photo: Author Tayari Jones. Credit: Julie Yarborough)
Published on Friday, 29th May 2026.
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