CLAS alumna wins 2026 Kirkus Prize
October 15, 2026
October 15, 2026
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 15 -- The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences posted the following news:
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CLAS alumna wins 2026 Kirkus Prize
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Author Tayari Jones, who earned a master's degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1994, has won the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction for her novel Kin.
Kin, Jones' fifth novel, follows the lifelong friendship of two motherless girls whose choices lead them dow . . .
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CLAS alumna wins 2026 Kirkus Prize
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Author Tayari Jones, who earned a master's degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1994, has won the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction for her novel Kin.
Kin, Jones' fifth novel, follows the lifelong friendship of two motherless girls whose choices lead them dow . . .