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Toni Morrison, Library of Congress Creative Achievement Award for Fiction Winner

External Resources

Learn more about Toni Morrison through external resources including news feeds, articles, audio, and video, as well as book reviews and awards.

For the latest news and discussion about Toni Morrison, check the following resources:

Google News Entries for "Toni Morrison" External

Selected Articles, Interviews, and Conversations

The following list includes news articles, interviews, and conversations featuring Toni Morrison, arranged in chronological order.

"Toni Morrison’s Prose Peels Back the Pain, Beauty of Black Experience" External
Atlanta Journal Constitution. February 20, 2021.
"A Year After Toni Morrison's Death, Her Visions Of Love Stay With Us" External
NPR. August 5, 2020.
"Read Nikki Giovanni's Poetic Tribute to Friend Toni Morrison in 'The Last Interview' Excerpt" External
Entertainment Weekly. July 7, 2020.
"Toni Morrison: The Writer Who Recalibrated the American Story" External
Politico. December 29, 2019.
"Finding the Other: Toni Morrison’s Revolution" External
The Nation. December 16, 2019.
"Toni Morrison Remembered: ‘Her irreverence was godly’" External
The Guardian. August 11, 2019.
"Toni Morrison Taught Me How to Think" External
The New York Times. August 7, 2019.
"The Indelible Substance of a Semester with Toni Morrison" External
The New Yorker. August 7, 2019.
"Toni Morrison has Kept the Public at Arm's Length. Now She's Letting People in on Her Terms" External
The Washington Post. July 1, 2019.
"'Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am': A Defiant Tour Of A Beloved Author's Life, Work" External
NPR. June 20, 2019.
"Toni Morrison, Unseen and Unsung: A Brief Oral History" External
The Wall Street Journal Magazine. June 20, 2019.
"Toni Morrison and the Ghosts in the House" External
The New Yorker. October 19, 2003.

A selection of radio programs featuring Toni Morrison, or in which Morrison and her work are discussed.

"'I Regret Everything': Toni Morrison Looks Back On Her Personal Life" External
Fresh Air, NPR. April 20, 2015.
"Toni Morrison Finds 'A Mercy' In Servitude" External
All Things Considered, NPR. October 27, 2008.
"Toni Morrison's 'Good' Ghosts" External
Morning Edition, NPR. September 20, 2004.
"Toni Morrison Reflects On Her Career, Identity And Writing As 'A Way Of Life'" External
Voices in the Wind, NPR. October 23, 1977.

Many videos of Toni Morrison reading and discussing her work can be found through YouTube:

YouTube - "Toni Morrison" search results External

A selection of videos available through YouTube and other sites appears below.

"Toni Morrison on 'the nature of oppression'" External
60 Minutes [YouTube]. August 8, 2019.
"RESISTING THE WHITE GAZE – An Interview With Toni Morrison" External
Ujima News [YouTube]. August 8, 2019.
"Toni Morrison Interview | Mavis on Four | 1988" External
ThamesTV [YouTube]. August 6, 2019 (originally aired on February 24, 1988).
"An Evening of Forbidden Books (Unedited Interviews)" External
PEN America [YouTube]. March 18, 2017 (originally aired in 1982).
"A Conversation With Toni Morrison | The New York Times" External
The New York Times [YouTube]. December 1, 2008.

Selected online reviews of Toni Morrison's books appear below.

God Help the Child (2015)

Love (2003)

Paradise (1997)

Beloved (1987)

Song of Solomon (1977)

The Bluest Eye (1970)

Toni Morrison has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including the following: