A Sense of Doubt blog post #1640 - TONI MORRISON tributes via AFROPUNK

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1640 - TONI MORRISON tributes via AFROPUNK

No, Throwback Thursday this week, no personal picture Throwback and no hodge podge. I guess the cover photo for this entry is a Throwback, so it qualifies, but I am not going to file this one in that category.

So, more Toni Morrison content, this time from AFROPUNK.

I first learned about Toni Morrison in my first year of college (1981) when in the Spring quarter I took a great novels class and one of the novels was Morrison's Song of Solomon.

I was hooked. Later, as a graduate student, I had another class in which we read Sula and Tar Baby. Actually, I skipped the latter, and I still have not read it. I read Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale again.

Later, I taught Sula for many semesters, and though I never taught Beloved, I did talk about it in many classes and have read it twice (maybe three times).

I consider Toni Morrison to be one of the best writers the English language has ever produced without caveats, not best woman writers, not just best African-American writers, just one of the best writers, period. She is one of my favorite writers. I need to read those books of hers that I have not read, like Tar Baby.

These tributes are excellent. I love AFROPUNK.

Here's today's shares. I share a lot. But sharing is caring.

I can only imagine all the books you might have managed to write, Toni, before you passed away if you could have hung on just a little longer. Then again, with great books like Beloved, maybe we don't need any others.

MUSIC CULTURE ART FASHION

RIP TONI MORRISON WHAT TONI MORRISON TAUGHT ME ABOUT LOVE & DEATH Poet, actor, and performing artist Staceyann Chin: "If I can love anyone fiercely, without the narrow confines of our worst need to control each other, it is because I read 'Sula' and it burrowed under my skin, and seeped deep into my blood." READ MORE TONI TONI TONI: ON THE DEATH OF A SHERO Veteran writer, editor and content strategist Kierna Mayo: "I just wasn’t ready to let Toni Morrison go." READ MORE TONI MORRISON: RISE IN LOVE Writer/musician Imani e Wilson: "She is all the sea and I have a meager Dixie cup." READ MORE TONI MORRISON IS LOVE Writer/critic Myles E. Johnson: "Toni Morrison taught us through fiction and non-fiction how dreams could most radically shift our lives." READ MORE TONI MORRISON & THE CULTIVATION OF GOODNESS Toni Morrison has given an infinite amount of knowledge, but her meditations of both distraction and goodness feel especially relevant this week. READ MORE AFROPUNK MIXTAPE #056: BODY POLITICS Songs from legends like Betty Davis, Angelo Moore, and Saul Williams, and rising stars like Rico Nasty, HXLT, and fest faves Unlocking the Truth. LISTEN NOW

AFROPUNK MIX TAPE #56 - BODY POLITICS

01. Liza Colby Sound – Cool Hand
02. Rico Nasty – Time Flies
03. Interlude: The Grapevine, 2019
04. Ganser – Bad Form
05. HXLT – Anti-Special
06. Betty Davis – A Little Bit Hot Tonight
07. Interlude: The Grapevine, 2019
08. SHINGAI – Champion Styles
09. Yemi Alade – Bounce
10. Sampa the Great – OMG
11. Saul Williams – Before the War
12. Interlude: The Grapevine, 2019
13. Sistastrings – Her Name Was
14. Angelo Moore & Brand New Step – Open Your Mind!
15. Interlude: The Grapevine, 2019
16. Unlocking the Truth – Pretend














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