“Because I believed
I would never catch
up, I stopped trying
to, and just started to
write the books that
mattered to me,”
says Tayari Jones.
Hair: Eamonn
Hughes. Make-up:
Jenny Coombs.
Nails: Zarra Celik.
Set design: Sophie
Durham. Digital
artwork: Semblance.
With thanks to
Shannon Currie-
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