Behold, my copy of Beloved from high school, back when our country‘s greatest literature was printed in mass market paperback. I remember my awe that every word, every sentence, was perfection. You could not change a single word because each one was just exactly what it needed to be. She will always be an inspiration. #tonimorrison #literarylegend
Toni Morrison (1931-2019) collaborated with her son, Slade Morrison (1965-2010) on a number of children‘s books, of which The Big Box is one. #ToniMorrison #Literarylegend #SladeMorrison #childrensbooks
”I don‘t think I could have happily stayed here in the world if I did not have a way of thinking about it - which is what writing is for me. It‘s control. Nobody tells me what to do. It‘s mine. It‘s free and it‘s...it‘s a way of thinking. It‘s pure knowledge.” - Toni Morrison (1931-2019). #ToniMorrison #Literarylegend
Toni Morrison was born February 18, 1931.
Sula was the first Toni Morrison novel I ever read - literally, THIS Bantam paperback edition, published in 1975. #vintagepaperbacks #literarybirthdays #tonimorrison #literarylegend #blackwomanwriter
