Robert Jones Jr. Robert Jones Jr., also known as "Son of Baldwin," leads and engages in critical dialogues about the Black Lives Matter movement, racism, literature, and politics on social media. He is also the author of The Prophets, a finalist for the National Book award 2021. His debut novel centers Black queerness as bold,...
Kiese Laymon will be hosting two virtual workshops for our grad students. He has invited friends and colleagues Robert Jones Jr. (a National Book Award finalist) and Deesha Philyaw (our Grisham Writer in Residence for next year) to join him in these workshops, and each workshop will begin with a conversation between Professor Laymon and...
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https://youtu.be/0sdXMgyDzl8 Join Vulgar Geniuses and me for a live taping, discussing my debut novel The Prophets (and possibly Janet Jackson and Wonder Woman). Wednesday, December 8, 2021 8 p.m. EST Visit this link to register: https://bit.ly/3qPkC2f
Robert Jones, Jr. will be in conversation with Bookstagrammer @kellzisbookedup discussing The Prophets, which will be released in paperback on February 8, 2022! Monday, January 10, 2022 7 p.m. EST Come through: https://www.instagram.com/kellzisbookedup/
Please join Robert Jones, Jr. and author/Bookstagrammer Seanathan Q. Polidore as they discuss Jones' debut novel, The Prophets, just ahead of its paperback release. Saturday, January 22, 2022 8 p.m. EST/7 p.m. CST Instagram Live: @seanathan_the_author_polidore
National Book Award finalist Robert Jones Jr. joins PEN Out Loud to celebrate the paperback release of his New York Times-bestselling novel, The Prophets. A stirring and lyrical debut, it tells the love story between two enslaved men, and the endurance of their relationship amid increasing tensions and violence on the plantation where they live. Jones Jr. will be...
Loyalty and Fulton Street Books are so excited to celebrate the paperback release of The Prophets with National Book Award Fiction Finalist Robert Jones, Jr. and National Book Award for Fiction winner, Jason Mott! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast. Click here to register for the event with a donation of any amount of your choice...
Celebrate the release of the paperback of The Prophets with author Robert Jones, Jr., in conversation with Torrey Peters, author of the acclaimed novel, Detransition, Baby. Brookline Booksmith Friday, February 11, 2022 7 p.m. EST RSVP: https://bit.ly/3r8Bwsm
Bookstagrammer and @allwaysblack curator Cree Myles kicks off the second annual Black Like We Never Left Read-a-Thon, a week-long virtual event celebrating Black fiction. This year’s event will highlight The Color Purple by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning author Alice Walker and will double as a fundraiser for We Need Diverse Books. On Saturday, February 12, at 12 p.m. (ET), Cree...
