Toni Morrison Lecture, Chicago, 1991

Morrison Toni Address to the Second Chicago Humanities Festival, 1991, Word of Mouth Series
Born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, editor and professor. Her novels are known for their epic themes, exquisite language and richly detailed African-American characters who are central to their narratives. Among her best known novels are The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Beloved, Jazz, Love and A Mercy. Morrison has earned a plethora of book-world accolades and honorary degrees, also receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.
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This is one to be listened to and dissected many, many times. She packs a course worth of study in 37 minutes. Brilliant.

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I wish I had been introduced Toni Morrison in High School or even College and beyond, however, I am listening now. It's Amazing I see her words in real-time. WOW!

[@paulmartin3138]

Powerful and foundational activist and as insightful as usual. Black progress in the USA has depended much on Toni Morrison's sort of critique....

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I'm 79 Years young I lvu Toni Morrison,,regretting moving on ,,yet hall I aliyah

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Repeatedly

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