Toni Morrison, the great American writer, died today at the age of 88. Morrison wrote many important works, among them Beloved, Sula, and Song Of Solomon.
Ms. Morrison was a writer of brilliance, and she wrote of the experience of African-Americans and of humanity in general. Her work covered historical time spans and incorporated Modernism and Magic Realism.
Ms. Morrison was also an accomplished teacher and mentor. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in 2012. Ms. Morrison also won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.
Ms. Morrison was one of our greatest writers, and I am sure she will be remembered in the future of one of the most skilled, talented, and accomplished of American writers.
Please remember her by reading her works.
R.I.P. Toni Morrison
sad loss.
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Yes, she will be missed.
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A huge loss
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Yes, it is.
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What an incredible loss.😥
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Yes, it is.
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A wonderful woman of high merit and talent. May she rest in peace x.
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Reblogged this on Fae Corps Publishing.
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Thank you.
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Thank you for remembering, Charles! A really sad loss. Requiescat in pacem, Toni Morrison. But she will be alive with her works. Michael
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You are welcome, Michael, and thank you.
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🙂🙂
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Oh, no, say it isn’t so . . .
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Unfortunately, it is so.
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Yet another person leaves us with the thought: where will we go? What will we do without her?
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I hope we continue to read her writings and to learn from her.
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Such a loss but how fortunate our world was to have had her! Rest in power, my lady.
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Yes, well said.
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Heart wrenching.. 💔
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Yes, it is.
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Thank you.
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You’re welcome, Charles!
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Earlier this I just started “a mercy” — it was in my pile of books for summer reading — then I heard the sad news.
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Yes, we should remember her by reading her work.
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She was a ground breaking trailblazer,rip, respect
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Yes.
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I was sad to hear of her passing. I read Beloved years ago, and it’s one of the few books I’ll never forget. She was an exceptional writer.
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Yes, she was.
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