Tayari's Blog: I Guess We Do Sort of Look Alike

Posted by TayariJones on November 15, 2007 11:36 AM
Filed under Living For The City

Asali Solomon and Tayari JonesWhile at the National Book Awards, people kept congratulating me on my nomination. Some people complimented me on my beautiful reading. When I didn't win, a couple of really nice folks said they had been pulling for me, and certainly I'll get it next time. I was gracious, of course. But here's the thing: I wasn't up for an award! They had me confused with one of the following people: Edwidge Danticat-- who was nominated for "Brother, I'm Dying." or maybe M. Sindy Felin, who was nominated for "Touching Snow" or maybe Asali Solomon who read in the 5 Under 35 event. The picture at the left is me and Asali. All black people don't look alike but we sorta do.

Ed, got me on tape talking about this. I still stand by what I told him. I mean the flip side of all black folks seeming interchangable at an event like this is that every black woman in the room got to be a celebrity for one night!

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