This fall saw the publication of Palmares, Gayl Jones’s first novel in 22 years. Jones was a literary phenomenon for three decades, vastly influencing Black women novelists in the 1970s, ’80s, and ...

In the winter of 1975, a quiet young woman from Lexington, Kentucky, met her Ph.D. adviser in Brown University’s writing program for a series of unsatisfactory tutorials about an ambitious project of ...

In search of Gayl Jones, whose new novel breaks 22 years of silence. Credit...Illustration by PS Spencer. Source photograph by Thomas Victor. Supported by By Imani Perry I knew from the beginning that ...

In 1928, Gay Neck, which depicts the adventures of a young boy and his carrier pigeon, became the first novel written by a person of color to win the prestigious Newbury Medal. Yet nearly a century ...

Gayl Jones has not published a book for 20 years, but her publisher, Beacon Press, is determined to make up for lost time. This September, the Boston-based press is slated to release Palmares, the ...

In 1975, the professor and poet Michael S. Harper conducted a lengthy interview with Gayl Jones, a twenty-six-year-old writer from Lexington, Kentucky. Jones was a former graduate student of his in ...

After a season of anxiety, fragmented attention spans and the incessant drumbeat of headlines, it’s more than usually wonderful to report the arrival of new works of fiction that promise immersion, ...

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After the apocalypse, Gayl Pile opens the Orillia Sands Fashion Resort. Some old friends check in, including Rev. Dave, Renee, Dijon, Gus, Stolfi, and Gayl's old partner and nemesis, JD Castlemane.

Bay Area singer-songwriter Larkin Gayl, 32, has broken into the music scene in an unusual fashion: the old-fashioned way. That is to say, Gayl's recently released debut album "Two Hands" is no ...