A recent book on her career in publishing makes the case that the great American novelist should also be seen as a pathbreaking editor. Toni Morrison, 1977. In 1979, Toni Morrison addressed the ...
In her new book, award-winning novelist Namwali Serpell takes on Toni Morrison, one of the towering figures in American literature. Serpell guides readers through Morrison’s extraordinary body of work ...
Wall Street Journal: ‘On Morrison’ and ‘Language as Liberation’: Toni Morrison’s Complex Craft
Something similar has happened to Toni Morrison (1931-2019), in my judgment the most influential American novelist of the past 50 years. Morrison’s importance today is usually pegged to the issue of ...
Cleveland.com: As Ohio celebrates Toni Morrison, a major new book takes center stage
CLEVELAND, Ohio – As Ohio prepares for a yearlong celebration of Toni Morrison, a leading literary scholar is coming to Cleveland with a major new book about the Nobel Prize-winning author. Harvard ...
As Ohio celebrates Toni Morrison, a major new book takes center stage
The New York Times: Don’t Make a Saint Out of Toni Morrison
Books We Love is NPR's list of best reads. One of this year's picks is called "Toni At Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship" by Dana A. Williams. It's a biography of Toni Morrison's time ...
The New York Times: Toni Morrison Was a Master of the Unthinkable
“I don’t like erasures,” the novelist Toni Morrison told a Princeton audience in 2017. She had been asked what she thought about Confederate statues, then being torn down throughout the South. Leave ...