Arts & Culture
A bond stronger than blood
Tayari Jones digs into themes of latest novel, ‘Kin’: ‘We all need chosen family.’
Anna Lamb
Harvard Staff Writer
August 5, 2026
3 min read Tayari Jones.
Kin, by definition, are the people with whom we share a common ancestor. Author Tayari Jones takes it a step further, defining kin as the family we inherit from our mothers — either through birth or circum…