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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”

— Toni Morrison, Speech to the Ohio Arts Council (1981)

About Toni Morrison

1931 – 2019

Nobel Prize-winning American novelist whose work explored Black American experience with unmatched depth and lyricism. Author of Beloved, Song of Solomon, and other towering works.

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