“How Living Are His Portraits of the Dead.” Toni Morrison on the Photography of James Van Der Zee

“How Living Are His Portraits of the Dead.” Toni Morrison on the Photography of James Van Der Zee

“The narrative quality, the intimacy, the humanity of his photographs are stunning.”

By Toni Morrison | October 17, 2025

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

Toni Morrison on Breathing Life into Clichés

"A cliché is a cliché because it’s worthwhile. Otherwise, it would have been discarded."

By Toni Morrison | January 13, 2023

The Truest Eye: Wisdom and Vision from Toni Morrison

The Truest Eye: Wisdom and Vision from Toni Morrison

Selected Quotations from an American Icon

By Toni Morrison | December 3, 2019

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