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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“If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.”
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“Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.”