Tayari Jones ( @tayari ) has written a masterpiece. Full stop. And we’re honored to share a chapter from her latest novel, KIN in our magazine and today … online.
It’s a powerful story of two friends, two paths taken. We follow Vernice and Annie as they navigate rural Louisiana during the Jim Crow era. Friendship, sisterhood, the mother-daughter dynamic, and the complexities of being a woman all ring through this latest compelling work by Jones.
Already a New York Times bestseller and a selection for Oprah’s book club, this excerpt from KIN will have you heading to your local indie bookstore.
Enjoy.
📝 @tayari
🔗 to read online in profile
🔗 to SUBSCRIBE and read in The Bitter Southerner magazine also in profile
HOME OF THE BRAVE !!! ( that’s us, y’all. ) We’re gonna wear the shirts, fly the flags, get to the voting booth.
PS our restock of the Believe Women flag has arrived
ATLANTA (you are our largest market — we love you! ) and GEORGIA (this is where we’re from / where we live! ) PLEASE LISTEN UP ‼️‼️‼️
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Want to fight back against the Republicans trying to take away our votes? SEND THIS VIDEO TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW IN GEORGIA!! 🔥🔥🍑🍑
And if you live in GA for God’s sake vote on 5/19 (or in early vote until the 15th) as if your freedom depended on it. It may. Polling locations at iwillvote(dot)com and more candidate info at yourgeorgiaballot(dot)com.
Finally, a vending machine that’s good for us! Thank you, @longstorybooksatl !
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The vending machine got a May refresh! Ready for you at Krog Street Market, right outside the main entrance.
A note from our therapist in dark dark times for the United States of America.
Slide through for AMERICA IN THERAPY. The link to read Tony Caldwell’s column online is in our profile. The link to subscribe and read in our physical magazine also in profile.
Our session begins now.
A sweet new Bitter Southerner bandana model. We think this look is very Audrey-Hepburn-in-a-convertible. Bridget Jones, too, maybe?
Thank you, Crow. Thank you, @hollandmacrae .
🔗to order The Blooming bandana in image.
Welcome to AMERICA IN THERAPY, a new and recurring column in The Bitter Southerner magazine. Our current therapist is Dr. Tony Caldwell, a Jungian psychoanalyst and psychotherapist living and practicing in Nashville, the host city of America’s latest trauma.
Slide through for a few of his thoughts. Originally published in Issue No. 13 (The Gillian Welch / Tennessee issue ) of The Bitter Southerner magazine, AMERICA IN THERAPY is available online today.
🔗 to Dr Caldwell’s full column in our profile.
📝 @tonycaldwell
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Hope your day has been a good one. We’ve made many matriarchy tees, totes and hoodies over the years. Currently only the blue on white t-shirt is available!
A HISTORY LESSON & a right-now-lesson … for anyone who needs it. Thank you, Charles.
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There is a pattern in this country: whenever Black people experience a modicum of advance, the white backlash is swift and devastating. I will not feign amnesia for political reasons. I will never forget how America has behaved in this moment because this is not an isolated incident. This is America’s instinctive reflex.
YES! THE BITTER SOUTHERNER is in Santa Fe next weekend for the always amazing SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL. ( @sfinternationallitfest )
Our @kyletibbsjones will be there with @bittersoutherner sponsoring six stages featuring some literary heroes : @kieselaymon , @isabelwilkerson , @jamesmcbrideauthor , @realcolmtoibin , @legroff and @rebeccasolnit .
Big love and thanks to Megan Mulry for all the hard work that goes into a massive festival like this. Also, thank you to Dana Manning, dear long-time friend, who makes our presence at the festival possible. ( We love you, Dana. )
If you plan to be there let us know!
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Just ONE WEEK until the Santa Fe International Literary Festival begins!
You can still get tickets to some of the events in this year’s incredible lineup – head to the link in our bio to get yours before they’re gone! 📚✨️
#SFILF #SFILF2026 #sfinternationallitfest26 #authors #santafe literaryfestival storiesbindustogether bookloversunite readboundlessly celebratingstorytellers
ABIDE NO HATRED CHECK IN : Going on ten years, we’ve said it, shouted it, worn it, flown it and done our best to live it. This mantra, this idea, feels more important than ever for The United States of America, for all of us. But watching those lawmakers sneer and laugh at and taunt @justinjpearson and the heroic protesters in Tennessee? Our ability to rise above has been and will continue to be tested. Everyday we wake up and recommit to the idea of abiding no hatred - in others and in ourselves. How are y’all feeling today? We hope your hearts are resting.
