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Who are we? As our works pile up, we begin to see. The contours of our gift are becoming clearer to us.
The Bluest Eye
Sula
Song of Solomon
Tar Baby
Recitatif
Beloved

Toni Morrison (1931-2019) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993
Jazz
Paradise
Memoirs
Love
A Mercy
Burn This Book
Home
God Help the Child
Race
The Source of Self-Regard
The Measure of Our Lives
We realize we have a subject.
We realize we have a theme. We have a point of view. We have an obsession. We have an artistic identity.
The simple act of working over time, like Toni Morrison, has revealed that which we did not know when we first set out.
It has revealed who we are.
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Published on August 10, 2022 01:25