“The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literat...” — Tayari Jones Quote

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.

Secret families are really the bedrock issue of Western literature.

Sometimes it's exhausting for me to simply walk into the house. I try and calm myself, remember that I've lived alone before. Sleeping by myself didn't kill me then and will not kill me now. But this what loss has taught me of love. Our house isn't simply

Adolescence is a modern construct and very American in so many ways.

My adolescent rebellions took the form of, if anything, passive aggressively doing what was asked of me but doing it ten times more than what was asked of me, so that eventually they'd have to beg me to stop.

I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and, ultimately, their countries.

I feel like when I was an adolescent, and felt so unworthy of love and so empty, I moved outside of myself.

As an adolescent I wrote comic books, because I read lots of them, and fantasy novels set in Malaysia and Central Africa.