Leading contemporaries pay tribute to the Nobel prize-winning novelist
Tracy K Smith: ‘What consoles in the wake of her death is the monument she has left us, a lifetime of work’ The 22nd poet laureate of the US, from 2017 to 2019, Smith is the author of four books of poetry, including the Pulitzer prize-winning Life on Mars
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The Toni Morrison novels everyone should read, from The Bluest Eye to BelovedToni Morrison’s books won her a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize and international acclaim – all with very good reason. Here, we round up the world-shifting novels that everyone should have on their bookshelves. ToniMorrison BookClub
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‘We always knew she was on our side’: Bernardine Evaristo on Toni MorrisonThe Nobel prize-winner inspired a generation of young black writers – and her legacy will live on through them, writes the Booker nominated author
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An American great: Michiko Kakutani reflects on Toni Morrison's legacyToni Morrison historical imagination and remarkable gifts of language made her one of the most influential writers of her generation
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'I wanted to carve out a world both culture specific and race-free': an essay by Toni MorrisonIn this piece from her personal archive, Morrison reflects on how ‘the pitched battle between remembering and forgetting’ powered her novels, and in particular, Beloved
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‘We always knew she was on our side’: Bernardine Evaristo on Toni MorrisonThe Nobel prize-winner inspired a generation of young black writers – and her legacy will live on through them, writes the Booker nominated author
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An American great: Michiko Kakutani reflects on Toni Morrison's legacyToni Morrison historical imagination and remarkable gifts of language made her one of the most influential writers of her generation
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