"Now I own the world. I could write anything. To anyone, for anyone." – Toni Morrison
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Toni Morrison harnessed the power of words on a page to touch millions of souls around the world. We’re remembering her incredible legacy today on what would have been her 90th birthday.
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“Something that is loved is never lost.”
— Toni Morrison, from “Beloved”
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am opens in more theaters this weekend
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“I am the head of household. Just like you.” Toni Morrison discusses not receiving equal pay at her first job.
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💜“I didn’t want to speak for Black people, I wanted to speak to and be among — it’s us.”💜
Celebrating Toni Morrison’s legacy on her birthday, and every day.
“How powerful is that? I could tear up the whole place”. Toni Morrison discusses the banning of “Paradise” in a Texas prison.
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.
@Oprah
goes to great lengths to have a conversation with Toni Morrison after reading ‘Beloved.”
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“Morrison’s life story is pointedly told through the prism of her work.”
@OutMagazine
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Toni Morrison’s reaction to the banning of “Paradise” in a Texas prison.
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“You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.” – Toni Morrison
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“If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.” — Toni Morrison, from “Song of Solomon”
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“Toni Morrison was unparalleled...A novelist, essayist, woman and sage, she was a genius of uncommon grace. This is not hyperbolic. It is, simply, fact.” - Roxane Gay,
@NYTimes
.
"More than 3,000 people gathered at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on Thursday to celebrate Toni Morrison, a giant of American literature whose work won acclaim for its groundbreaking style and complex exploration of black American identity."
“So [painful], so deep, for an 11 year-old girl to believe that if she only had some characteristics of the white world, she would be okay.”
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“It is impossible to imagine the American literary landscape without a Toni Morrsion”. Her documentary ‘Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am' is in select theaters June 21.
"[
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] is a beautifully constructed documentary. Its composite parts combine to reveal the wholeness and fullness of who she is as an artist, and who we are — her muses.”
"She spoke from a black woman’s voice that heretofore had been silenced and shamed; she was able to magnify and give voice to our stories about common folk whose stories would have otherwise stayed buried" —
@Oprah
on Toni Morrison for
@nytimes
.
“I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.” Toni Morrison.
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“When
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published Beloved, it was an extraordinary turning point [...] in the history of the world because she urged us to imagine people who were slaves as human beings...” Angela Davis from
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, in theaters Friday:
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“GENEROUS AND INTELLIGENT. BROUGHT ALIVE BY THE CHARISMA AND BRILLIANCE OF ITS SUBJECT. ” —
@NYTimes
.
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“[Sula] showed me the magic of my own world, that I didn't see... and after reading her it was hard to see my own world in the same way.” Farah Griffin discusses her initial reaction to reading
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Gayl Jones. Lucille Clifton. Toni Cade Bambara. Angela Davis. These were the voices that helped make a profound contribution to American publishing.
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"Toni Morrison is more than the standard-bearer of American literature. She is our greatest singer. And this book is perhaps her most important song.” -
@NYTimes
on Toni Morrison’s new book, The Source of Self-Regard.
“I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.” Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is now theaters. Get tickets:
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.
@Oprah
stopped at nothing to have a word with Toni Morrison after she read “Beloved”.
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"Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.” —Toni Morrison.
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Artist Aaron Polinsky (
@peewees
.design.concepts on Instagram) is creating a lovely mural at Kakiat Elementary School in Spring Valley, NY in honor of the late Toni Morrison.
Toni Morrison describes her late father’s influence on Song of Solomon.
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“What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?”
– Toni Morrison, from “Jazz”
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"Morrison didn’t just tell these stories of these people—her people, our people, us—she elevated them.” Author Tayari Jones honors Toni Morrison’s legacy
@TIME
I know what Im doing this weekend. Can't wait to see
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The Pieces I Am. Never lived in a home that didn't have at least one of her books on the shelf. So she's pretty much been a part of my entire life.💙
.
@Oprah
stopped at nothing to have a word with Toni Morrison after she read Beloved.
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"Visiting her Princeton class all those years ago first showed me that she wasn’t just an exquisite writer, singular in nature, but a profound philosopher of sound.” — Daphne A. Brooks
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