Toni Morrison

Eau du Beloved

Nose in a book (and vice-versa)

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What would a fragrance based on Toni Morrison’s book “Beloved” smell like?

Writer Ashley C. Ford

Ashley C. Ford is alright (don’t nobody worry about her)

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Writer Toni Morrison and Barack Obama smile at each other

Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison dead at 88

Tanwi Nandini Islam poses in her Hi Wildflower studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Nose in a book (and vice-versa)

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Full Toni Morrison Interview

Arts, Culture & Media

Toni Morrison

Arts, Culture & Media

Novelist Toni Morrison has won the Nobel Prize and the Pulitzer, and sold millions of copies of her books such as Beloved, Paradise, and Song of Solomon. Recently, she began writing books for children and has just completed six traditional fables she adapted with her son Slade. Morrison says she didn’t read many kids books […]

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Lessons from the Master

Arts, Culture & Media

Last week, Studio 360 revisited a lively conversation with Marlon James — his novel The Book of Night Women is just out in paperback. All the main characters in the novel are women, and they’re rendered vibrantly. But it seems he didn’t always have that talent. In the interview, James tells Kurt that after he […]

Toni Morrison Reads from Song of Solomon

Arts, Culture & Media

Listen to Toni Morrison read the last page of her National Book Award-winning novel.

Toni Morrison in 2010

Why Toni Morrison writes early: ‘I’m really smart in the morning.’

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A winner of the Nobel Prize, Toni Morrison started writing because she couldn’t find the novels she wanted to read.

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Rewriting the black American family

Conflict & Justice

In literature, the African-American family has changed and morphed over the years. We take a look at three upcoming books about family written by black men.