[By Kenton Rambsy]
Over the course of the past year, Toni Morrison has been a
major focus for HBW blog posts as we seek to foster engaged scholarship on
black novels. Morrison writer has become a totem of black literature since her
1970 novel debut with The Bluest Eye.
major focus for HBW blog posts as we seek to foster engaged scholarship on
black novels. Morrison writer has become a totem of black literature since her
1970 novel debut with The Bluest Eye.
Since then, Morrison has been the recipient of a Pulitzer
Prize (1987), a Nobel Prize in Literature (1993), and it was announced in 2012
that she would be the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest
award for a civilian.
Prize (1987), a Nobel Prize in Literature (1993), and it was announced in 2012
that she would be the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest
award for a civilian.
Below, I have compiled a list of entries on Morrison
composed by various writers of the HBW staff.
composed by various writers of the HBW staff.
- [April 25, 2011]: Literary Vantage Points: Multiple Perspectives of Toni Morrison
- [August 29, 2011] Struggles for Freedom: Kanye West and Toni Morrison’s Artistic Renderings of Flight—By Kenton Rambsy
- [September 13, 2011] Playing in the Sunlight: Colors of Imagination, or Toni Morrison Revisited—By Jerry Ward
- [September 14, 2011] Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye: Black Girls as Central Figures—By Goyland Williams
- [September 19, 2011] Break It Down: Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye—By Goyland Williams
- [November 15, 2011] The Paraphernalia Of Suffering:Reflections On Beloved and Their Eyes Were Watching God—By Goyland Williams
- [December 1, 2011] The Evolution of Novel Covers—By Kenton Rambsy
- [January 23, 2012] Toni Morrison and Memorable Character Names—By Kenton Rambsy
- [February 8, 2012] Beloved—By Kenton Rambsy
- [February 15, 2012] Toni Morrison—By Kenton Rambsy
- [May 14, 2012] The Coverage… Of Toni Morrison’s Home