| | | | | TimesTalks - Toni Morrison Author: Toni Morrison and Dinitia Smith
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Publisher's Summary: The author of Paradise, Love, and Beloved on how her novels gave life to an essential aspect of American reality.Toni Morrison has received a volume of critical and popular acclaim for her work that is virtually unparalleled in modern letters. Ms. Morrison received the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1977 for Song of Solomon. In 1987, Beloved was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Her body of work was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Other major awards include the 2000 National Humanities Medal, the 2000 Library of Congress Living Legend Award, and the 1996 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Ms. Morrison was appointed Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University in the spring of 1989. She has held teaching posts at Yale University, Bard College, and Rutgers University. Ms. Morrison's latest novel, Love, was published by Knopf in October 2003. Dinitia Smith joined The New York Times as a culture reporter in May 1995. Ms. Smith is also the author of three novels, The Illusionist, Remember This, and The Hard Rain. She has published short stories in many magazines and journals, and has been a book reviewer for The Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, The Nation and other publications. She has taught creative writing at various institutions including Columbia University. This TimesTalk event was recorded on January 10, 2004. |
