Gayl Jones was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University and has taught at Wellesley and the University of Michigan. Her books include Corregidora (1975), Eva's Man (1976), The Healing (1998), which was a National Book Award finalist, Palmares (2021), which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, and The Birdcatcher (2022), which was also a National Book Award Finalist.
These are songs of longing and love, journeys of discovery and
wholeness, revelations about trauma's deep impact on body and soul,
and simultaneous declarations of resistance and acceptance. Readers
enthralled by Palmares will enjoy the added dimensions here, while
others will be moved by the historical Black voices and oral
traditions Jones so powerfully evokes
*Booklist*
Compelling . . . There is fierce and evocative intimacy in these
songs that contrast sharply with the sweeping momentum and
formidable amplitude of the storytelling in Palmares . . . For
readers who are more encouraged than intimidated by Jones' steely
focus and breadth of vision, this is an important stop on a
remarkable journey. This book's magic is different than that of its
predecessor, yet the spells they cast are comparably powerful
*Kirkus*
A literary giant, and one of my absolute favourite writers
*Tayari Jones*
Gayl Jones's work represents a watershed in American literature.
From a literary standpoint, her form is impeccable; from a
historical standpoint, she stands at the very cutting edge of
understanding the modern world, and as a Black woman writer, her
truth-telling, filled with beauty, tragedy, humour, and
incisiveness, is unmatched. Jones is a writer's writer, and her
influence is found everywhere
*Imani Perry*
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