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Nobel Prize Winner Toni Morrison, One of America’s Greatest Writers, Has Died at 88
A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity. —Toni Morrison text In describing the literary greatness of Toni Morrison—winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in literature, the first awarded to an African-American woman—the Nobel Foundation said that Morrison “in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives…
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A New Toni Morrison Documentary Gives the World’s Greatest Living Writer Her Flowers, and Plants New Seeds
Toni Morrison had to figure out a way to talk to Muhammad Ali. It was the mid-’70s and at the time, she was his editor, tasked with bringing his autobiography to the world. But Ali wouldn’t speak to her—deferring instead to whatever man was in the room. Her longtime friend, author and activist Angela Davis,…
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Toni Morrison: Pieces I Am: ‘Navigating a White Male World Was Not Threatening; It Wasn’t Even Interesting’
Toni Morrison’s work has always been deemed as rich and poetic, perhaps an extension of her very own life. Toni Morrison: Pieces I Am, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, looks to be a uniquely intimate look into Morrison, as it was directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, who has been Morrison’s friend for over…
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Thespian Heaven: Phylicia Rashad and André Holland to Perform Toni Morrison at New York City's 92Y
This is a trio that needs to go on tour: On May 23, one of the most coveted tickets of the New York City theatrical season won’t be for any Broadway show, but for famed cultural center 92Y (not to be confused with the YMCA), which will host acclaimed actors Phylicia Rashad and André Holland…
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On Philando Castile, Terror and the Trauma That Remains
In Toni Morrison’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Beloved, the character Baby Suggs has survived more than 60 years in slavery and has lost eight children. She preaches a sermon to a group of formerly enslaved people and beseeches her audience to love themselves—their hands, their backs, their hearts, their laughter, their dances, their very flesh—because…
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Toni Morrison To Release New Novel, And I'm Preparing To Pretend To Understand It
There are not enough superlatives to describe the work of Toni Morrison, America’s greatest living novelist. The Bluest Eye isn’t just a great book, it’s there with Citizen Kane, What’s Going On, the iPhone, and Bria Myles as one of the best and most important artistic triumphs of the last century. She is your favorite writer’s favorite writer; the person who both…