Join us on Monday, June 15, for the next Authors Visiting in Des Moines (AViD) event. New York Times bestselling author Tayari Jones has written four novels, including Kin and An American Marriage, which was an Oprah’s Book Club selection and won the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Aspen Words Prize, and NAACP Image Award.
It’s free to attend AViD. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.; the event begins at 7:00 p.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. We’d love to see you! Click here for more details.
Many thanks to our 2026 AViD sponsors: Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino (Premier Sponsor); Nationwide Foundation, and Steve Jayne and Karen Shaff (Presenting Sponsors); Harry Bookey and Pamela Bass-Bookey; Brad and Kelly Edmister; Mary K. and Daniel M. Kelly Family Foundation; Bankers Trust; Above + Beyond Cancer; Martin and Shelley Brody; Douglas and Debbie West; Jann Freed and John Fisher; Rachel Stauffer and Jim Lawson; LaRue Maddox; Judy Blank; Dory Briles and Jim Christenson; and Jon and Barbara Yankey.