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Toni Morrison

Writer Toni Morrison and Barack Obama smile at each other

Nobel-winning author Toni Morrison dead at 88

Morrison’s most famous worked include “Beloved,” written in 1987, which tells the story of an enslaved African American woman.

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Full Toni Morrison Interview

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Toni Morrison

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Lessons from the Master

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Toni Morrison Reads from Song of Solomon

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Rewriting the black American family

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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.

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The Nobel prize-winning author talks about her new book, “A Mercy,” a prequel to “Beloved,” which many say is the single best work of fiction in the last 25 years.

Listeners Respond: Memorable High School Reads

Sometimes, high school reading assignments make a lasting impression. Listeners from across the country called to describe the books they’re still thinking years after high school. At the top of the list were Herman Hesse’s “Soddhartha”  and the novels of George Orwell and Toni Morrison. But listeners also remembered being inspired and moved by books that […]

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