Morrison, Toni: 1931 - 2019
Information by Toni Morrison
- Morrison ... says she has followed her own advice to write about what you don't know, "I write to find out something. I write with questions in mind, 'What would it feel like if ...' Or, 'What would happen if...'." USA Today; May 8, 2012
- Oprah Winfried likes to say that when she told Morrison she often has to reread parts of her novels to understand them, Toni Morrison replied, "That, my dear, is reading." USA Today; May 8, 2012
- On the Back of Blacks: Time Magazine, December 2, 1993
- Toni Morrison Introduces and Reads "English and the African Writer" by Chinua Achebe
- An Hour with Toni Morrison. WKCR Radio, New York. June 18, 2020
- Toni Morrison reads from "Paradise". Pen American Center; April 26, 2006
- Audio (8:43)
Renée Montagne talks with Toni Morrison about the "good" ghosts and childhood memories that have inspired her writing. NPR Radio, September 20, 2004 - Audio (37:29)
Toni Morrison Looks Back On Her Personal Life. NPR Radio; August 24, 2015
Transcript - A Conversation with Toni Morrison. National Edowment for the Arts; February 25, 2021
- Toni Morrison shares her thoughts on the importance of failure as part of her writing practice.. National Edowment for the Arts; February 04, 2022
- Toni Morrison shows how the careful arrangement of specific detail in "Love," forces the reader to participate in its structure. Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt; February 12, 2004
- A new documentary, "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am," tells her story. KCRW Radio, Santa Monica; Jun. 20, 2019
- Toni Morrison talks about "Home"; February 27, 2013
- A Mercy
- Toni Morrison refuses to privilege white people, from an interview with Bill Moyers
- Toni Morrison on language, evil and 'the white gaze'. Cornell University; March 7, 2013
- Various videos and audios from Oprah
- Video (44:07)
"Remember: The Journey to School Integration": Introduction by Andrea D. Pinkney, VP Pub. Houghton Mifflin Children's Books, 2004 - transcript (pdf format) - Toni Morrison talks with Charlie Rose; broadcast July 10, 2020