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A Mercy wins Tournament of Books

Toni Morrison’s A Mercy defeated Tom Piazza’s City of Refuge 11-6 to capture the Tournament of Books championship.  Judges liked the skinny novel, though most had kind words for both books… more →

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Second Fiddle, and A Mercy: Part 1 of read-a-thon reviews — 6 comments

tuulenhaiven wrote 2 days ago: After a few days away from the computer and having mostly avoided reading for over 24 hours (life is … more →

Tags: Authors, Book related, Books, famous people, non sense, Novels, read-a-thon, Reading, Mary Wesley

Read. Read. Read-a-Thon: Hour 9 — 4 comments

tuulenhaiven wrote 5 days ago: Phew! Things are rockin’ and rollin’. I finished my second book – A Mercy by Toni … more →

Tags: adventure, Authors, Books, My Cats, non sense, Novels, read-a-thon, Reading, Boyfriend

Read. Read. Read-A-Thon!! — 15 comments

tuulenhaiven wrote 1 week ago: My first Read-A-Thon is swiftly approaching! Our host, Bethany of Dreadlock Girl, posted more info a … more →

Tags: non sense, adventure, Books, Work, Reading, Authors, Novels, read-a-thon, Book related

A Mercy

annotationnation wrote 1 month ago: book by Toni Morrison annotation by Aaron Gansky This was my first Morrison book. I was eagerly anti … more →

Tags: Aaron Gansky, Annotation, Books, Fiction, POV, toni morrison, writing

Still Socialiting- with Legends

thebrooklynsocialite wrote 1 month ago: Wow, like a lost child I continue to stray from the Brooklyn Socialite path, but never too far my fr … more →

Tags: Art, book, film, People of Color, talk, Abel Ferrara, Ain't no Sunshine When She's Gone, Bill Whiters, Chelsea on the Rocks

Book Review: Toni Morrison's A Mercy — 1 comment

amyletinsky wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been looking forward to reading Toni Morrison’s latest novel for awhile.  Her books always shoo … more →

Tags: Women's Issues, Books, Christian Life, Christianity, Religion, Faith, Jesus, God, Reading

A Mercy

annotationnation wrote 2 months ago: book by Toni Morrison annotation by Diane Sherlock A Mercy is a novella comprised of six narrative v … more →

Tags: Annotation, Diane Sherlock, Fiction, Nadine Gordimer, novella, The Conservationist, toni morrison

Author Recommends Novel - A Mercy

Annette Julia Dunlea wrote 3 months ago: Title: A Mercy Author: Toni Morrison Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Vintage (4 Jun 2009) Language E … more →

Tags: Literary Blogs, Fiction, book, toni morrison, Africian Americian

Three Short Reviews

Critch wrote 3 months ago: Just because it amuses me to lump a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in with Clive Cussler, … more →

Tags: Fiction, Action, Drama, Comedy, Romantic, adventure, Coming of Age, Historical, Clive Cussler

Is Slavery A Misinterpretation of Love?

jakofalltrades wrote 3 months ago: While most would blame economics for the origins of slavery, Toni Morrison claims otherwise.  Morris … more →

Tags: the American novel, Miscellaneous Projects, toni morrison, Love, Slavery, Mercy, Humanity, Family, African American Literature

Toni Morrison speaks once again for the perpetual Stranger

tricontinentalism wrote 3 months ago: A couple days ago I went to go see Noble Prize-winning author Toni Morrison speak at Barnes and Nobl … more →

Tags: toni morrison, Beloved, Love, jazz, Michael Pollan, the omnivore's dilemma, Azar Nafisi, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kiran Desai

Toni Morrison on Racism and Slavery

Jeff wrote 3 months ago: I don’t know if it’s serendipity or synchronicity, or a mixture of the two, but somethin … more →

Tags: Race/Racism, colonialism/neo-colonialism, racism, toni morrison, Howard Zinn, étienne balibar, American colonial society

Some belated links about Toni Morrison and A Mercy

Nick wrote 4 months ago: Despite the fact that the Post 45s meeting on A Mercy has come and gone, I wanted to post some links … more →

Tags: toni morrison

Summer Reading & Creative Inspiration from The Artist's Way author Julia Cameron's creative memoir Floor Sample — 4 comments

anandaleeke wrote 6 months ago: Happy Tuesday! On Saturday evening I finished reading Floor Sample, a creative memoir by Julia Camer … more →

Tags: Colson Whitehead, Sag Harbor, ananda leeke, BAP Living Radio, Social Media, Black women in social media, Floor Sample, The Artist Way, Julia Cameron

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

Myron wrote 8 months ago: In the 1680’s America, after the death of her master, Florens, a young slave, realizes just ho … more →

Tags: readers' advisory, toni morrison, Historical Fiction

A Review of Toni Morrison's "A Mercy" — 9 comments

David H. Schleicher wrote 8 months ago: Orphans of the Storm In Toni Morrison’s A Mercy we see life through the eyes of people physica … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, History, Inspiration, language, Literature, Psychology, 17th century America, African American Literature

A Mercy wins Tournament of Books — 1 comment

coatesn wrote 8 months ago: Toni Morrison’s A Mercy defeated Tom Piazza’s City of Refuge 11-6 to capture the Tournam … more →

Tags: Morrison Toni, toni morrison, Tournament of Books, City of Refuge, Tom Piazza

Prophetic

oneyearbook wrote 8 months ago: Well, I was right. I predicted, here, who I thought would eventually win this year’s Rooster, … more →

Tags: Links, Reading, toni morrison, Books, rooster, City of Refuge, Tom Piazza

The Believer’s 2009 Reader Survey: (What Some Jokers Thought Were) The Best Books of 2008

Biblioklept wrote 8 months ago: The new issue of The Believer showed up in my overstuffed mailbox today. It’s the film issue, … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, 2666, "best of 2008", Lists, The Believer


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