#tonimorrison

[cartermagazine]

Today In History ‘Beloved,“ a novel by Toni Morrison about the agonizing remembrances of a former slave in post-Civil War Ohio, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction on this day March 31, 1988. Ms. Morrison’s work had been at the center of a controversy the previous year when it failed to win the prestigious National Book Award, and 48 black writers wrote an open letter in January of 1987-protesting that Ms. Morrison had never won that award or a Pulitzer. On March 29, 2023 a Virginia superintendent informed parents 14 books will be removed from school libraries this week due to sexual content. Spotsylvania County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Taylor cited Virginia law signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin last year that requires parents be notified about sexually explicit material. The 14 books, including Pulitzer Prize-winning “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, are among several dozen books challenged as instructional material by parent Jennifer Petersen who has appeared before the school board to express her concerns. CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #tonimorrison #beloved #womenshistorymonth #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CqcuZyUOGtk/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[little-tiffany]

Perhaps that's what all human relationships boil down to: Would you save my life? Or would you take it?

-Toni Morrison

[godrinati]

Featuring w my feature, thank you Aliyah Bonnette for the opportunity to be mused.

[worldoffrausto]

In honor of #WomensHistoryMonth I’m making my Toni Morrison stickers available while supplies last. DM for details ⚡️✊⚡️ #ToniMorrison #QuoteOfTheDay #Sticker (at Women's History Month - March) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYba7gJYVs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[passionlessmilena]

Tribute to Toni Morrison

We are all looking  for the people who can gather the broken pieces of our lives and give them back to us in the right order. But my life has been a series of partly-done jobs.  People who cannot lift the heavy pieces People that can lift them, but promptly tip over People who put them together in a mismatched, incongruent sort of way.  None of which are me. 

[kashmerethedeusa]

I just got the green cover that just says Sula but these covers are🔥🔥

covers for sula by toni morrison (1975 and 1987)

[trascapades]

🕊#ArtIsAWeapon

#SundaySermon from our wise, mighty ancestor, literary giant #ToniMorrison

Reposted from @femalepoetssociety “I want to remind us all that art is dangerous. I want to remind you of the history of artists who have been murdered, slaughtered, imprisoned, chopped up, refused entrance…The history of art, whether it’s in music or written or what have you, has always been bloody, because dictators and people in office and people who want to control and deceive know exactly the people who will disturb their plans.

And those people are artists. They’re the ones that tell the truth.

And it’s something that the society has got to protect.

But when you enter that field, whether it’s Sonia’s poetry or Toshi’s music or Ta-Nehisi’s you know, rather startlingly clear prose, it’s a dangerous pursuit, and somebody is out to get you.

You have to know it before you start and do it under those circumstances, because it is one of the most important things that human beings do.” - Toni Morrison

Listen to the full interview on YouTube: “Toni Morrison’s Final Thoughts at “Art and Social Justice” at Stella Adler Studio of Acting @stellaadler

#ArtIsDangerous #Artists #ArtAndSocialJustice #HistoryOfArt #BlackArtists

[funcoolchickie]

[biographiness]

Craft your own reality, one dream at a time 🌍✨

[writers-republic]

💡 Here’s an interesting bit of literary trivia for you:

After Song of Solomon author Toni Morrison‘s house burned down, she spent hours on the phone with fellow author Maxine Hong Kingston trying to process the loss. Kingston also lost one of her homes to a fire.

[escondidolibrary]

Join us for the next Rincón Literario Bilingual Book Club meeting on February 17, 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Zoom and upstairs in the Board Room!

We'll discuss "The Bluest Eye/Ojos azulez" by Toni Morrison in English and Spanish!

Contact Diamond.Taranto@escondidolibrary.org to join!

Information about current and upcoming reads can be found here: http://www.library.escondido.org/rinconliterario

Puede encontrar información sobre libros actuales y futuros en nuestra página web: http://www.library.escondido.org/rinconliterario

[godrinati]

Broke open the sky today at the bookstore.

[llpodcast]

Book: Beloved By Toni Morrison Film: Beloved (1998) Beloved is a 1987 novel by the American writer Toni Morrison. Set after the American Civil War, it tells the story of a family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit. Beloved is inspired by an event that actually happened: Margaret Garner, an enslaved person in Kentucky, who escaped and fled to the free state of Ohio in 1856. She was subject to capture in accordance with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850; when U.S. marshals burst into the cabin where Garner and her husband had barricaded themselves, she was attempting to kill her children, and had already killed her two-year-old daughter, to spare them from being returned to slavery. Morrison had come across an account of Garner titled "A Visit to the Slave Mother who Killed Her Child" in an 1856 newspaper article published in the American Baptist, and reproduced in The Black Book, a miscellaneous compilation of black history and culture that Morrison edited in 1974. Beloved is a 1998 American psychological horror drama film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, and Thandiwe Newton. Based on Toni Morrison's 1987 novel of the same name, the plot centers on a former slave after the American Civil War, her haunting by a poltergeist, and the visitation of her reincarnated daughter. Despite being a box office bomb Beloved received an Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design for Colleen Atwood, the film received mostly positive reviews, and both Danny Glover and Kimberly Elise received praise for their performances. Opening Credits; Introduction (2.30); Background History (21.42); Plot Synopsis (23.37); Book Thoughts(28.10); Let's Rate (56.09); Introducing a Film (58.22); Film Trailer (59.35); Lights, Camera, Action (1:01.35); How Many Stars (1:57.01); End Credits (2:01.20); Closing Credits (2:02.35) Opening Credits– Epidemic Sound – copyright 2021. All rights reserved Closing Credits: Something In My House by Dead or Alive. Taken from the album Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know. Copyright 1986. Epic Records. ​ Original Music copyrighted 2020 Dan Hughes Music and the Literary License Podcast. All rights reserved. Used With Kind Permission. All songs available through Amazon Music.

[tonisofiamagnolialane]

Booklust is my unconditional love.

I’ve been incubating at home nursing this infection. I’ve slept most of the day and for an active person it feels good but weird lol. I’m dressed and the sun is shining. My mood needs sunshine. I think back to my childhood and the anticipation I felt when thinking of genres and books to read. Buying books, living out days in libraries. The lure of reading enriched the life I had. I was in awe…