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.

Election 2016March 23, 2015

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

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

Toni Morrison
Books and IdeasJanuary 7, 2014

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.

Toni Morrison
PoliticsMay 6, 2004

Blues, Love and Politics

CORNEL WEST: We want to begin just by raising the general query of how you would characterize our historical moment.

Toni Morrison and Cornel West

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Toni Morrison

Election 2016March 23, 2015

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

Books and IdeasJanuary 7, 2014

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

PoliticsMay 6, 2004

CORNEL WEST: We want to begin just by raising the general query of how you would characterize our historical moment.