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On Morrison /

"Toni Morrison, Nobel Laureate and one of our most beloved writers, has inspired generations of readers. But her artistic genius is often overshadowed by her monumental public persona, perhaps because, as Namwali Serpell puts it, "she is our only truly canonical black, female writer-and he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Serpell, Namwali, 1980- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, [2026]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Morrison, Toni, > 1931-2019 > Criticism and interpretation.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Écrits de femmes noirs américains > Histoire et critique.
American literature > Women authors.
American literature > African American authors.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Table of Contents:
  • On difficulty. Nobody knows The bluest eye ; Naming Sula ; Signifying on Song of Solomon ; Tar baby's masks ; Misreading "Recitatif" ; Beloved's possessions ; Jazz, now ; Reckoning with Paradise ; Playing in the shade ; A mercy and other reprisals
  • On monuments.