Podcasts
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In conversation with Herman Beavers M. Nzadi Keita is the author of the poetry collection Brief Evidence of Heaven , a finalist for the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Prize that explored the life of Anna Murray Douglass, Frederick Douglass’ first… more
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• Recorded Jun 16, 2022In conversation with Herman Beavers Gene Andrew Jarrett is the author of Representing the Race: A New Political History of African American Literature and Deans and Truants: Race and Realism in African American Literature . He is the editor of an… more
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• Recorded Nov 3, 2021In conversation with Christine Kendall, author of Riding Chance , nominated for a NAACP Image Award, and The True Definition of Neva Beane Glory Edim is the creator of Well-Read Black Girl, a book club, book, and online community that showcases… more
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One of the world’s most revered writers, the “luminescent” ( Boston Globe ) Toni Morrison is celebrated for her epic, haunting, and poetic depictions of African American culture. The Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Princeton… more
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• Recorded Jan 24, 2013In the “astonishingly powerful” novel The Twelve Tribes of Hattie , Ayana Mathis writes with “uncommon narrative authority” and “extraordinary psychological precision” ( New York Times ). The book—selected for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0—follows… more
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Acclaimed for her powerful and poetic depictions of African American culture, Toni Morrison received the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She is the Robert F. Goheen Professor of… more
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Recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature, Toni Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities Emeritus at Princeton University, and author of the esteemed novels The Bluest Eye , Sula , Song of Solomon , Tar Baby , and Beloved .… more
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Breena Clarke’s first novel River, Cross My Heart was selected as an Oprah’s Book Club pick and went on to become an international bestseller, earning her comparisons to Eudora Welty and Toni Morrison. Her writings have also appeared in the… more
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Toni Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities at Princeton University, and author of esteemed novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, Tar Baby, and Beloved. She has received the National Book Critics Circle award and the… more
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Actress and best-selling author Marlo Thomas is joined (in print) by such luminaries as Tom Wolfe, Toni Morrison, Cal Ripken Jr., Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Muhammad Ali among others, each of whom tells a story of a… more
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• Recorded Nov 7, 1996
The celebrated Nobel Prize-winner is interviewed by Wendy Steiner.
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