Toni Morrison

Recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize, member of The Nation's editorial advisory board and author of Love, Beloved, Paradise, Jazz and The Bluest Eye, among other books.

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Toni Morrison

Melville and the Language of Denial

Melville and the Language of Denial Melville and the Language of Denial

The events behind his story Benito Cereno are more than two centuries old, but the deceptions of racial inferiority that Melville exposes resonate today.

Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Toni Morrison

‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation

‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation ‘We Better Do Something’: Toni Morrison and Cornel West in Conversation

In 1993 the Nobel Prize-winning author and the Princeton professor sat down to discuss blues, love, and politics.

May 6, 2004 / Feature / Toni Morrison and Cornel West

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