We’ve been talking about Toni Morrison a lot lately, but we think it’s difficult to provide too much information on one of our greatest living writers. Bookriot named May 8 “Toni Morrison Day,” in honor of the release of her newest book, but we’re going to extend it one day and share one more video of the great Ms. Morrison. In it, she discusses the early part of her career and what she thought of the “Black is Beautiful” movement.
In “Recitatif,” Toni Morrison Presents New Ways to Look at Race
February 1, 2022
“Recitatif,” a rare Toni Morrison short story, arrives in book form today with a rigorous, close reading from London critic…
Bill To Create “Toni Morrison Day” Headed To Vote In Ohio State Senate
November 25, 2020
“Quiet as it is kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941 . . . Not even the…
Honoring Toni Morrison With A “Gesture Of Love” On Her Birthday
February 17, 2020
A mere dozen miles from the site where Toni Morrison was born Chloe Wofford in Lorain, Ohio, a day-long gathering…