Blogs about: Toni Morrison

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Commentary: Eyes and Ears on the Gatsby Soundtrack

allisonschulz wrote 4 hours ago: A few of the song lyrics on the soundtrack for the new Great Gastby film relate as much to American … more →

Tags: Commentary, american panopticons, bluest eye, Daisy, fight club, Gatsby, goyte hearts a mess, Great Gatsby, Great Gatsby Soundtrack

What should we be reading?

anotherrambler wrote 1 day ago: Cornel West on BBC Newsnight with Gavin Esler talking about race, class, empire, and his week at CRA … more →

Tags: Arts & Humanities, Books, ben okri, Chinua Achebe, Cornel West, CRASSH, Derek Walcott, Du Bois, Mary Margaret McCabe

Hunting for the elusive 1st editions

pulitzerschmulitzer wrote 2 days ago: I am becoming obsessed not only with reading the Pulitzers, but with acquiring them in 1st editions. … more →

Tags: 1st Editions, buying books, Pulitzer, arrowsmith, Beloved, Copyright Page, dust jacket, Edna Ferber, Edward Jones

You've Read This Post Before

jkronstadt wrote 4 days ago: The Glossary, a Los Angeles-based audiovisual marketing firm, has reinvented David Foster Wallace as … more →

Tags: Commentary, Culture, Life, Personal, Random, Writing #2, this is water, advertising, Adweek

Books you need to read in your 20s. Or later. Or not at all. I don't care.

Bridget wrote 4 days ago: I have an unhealthy relationship with Buzzfeed. It does very little but make me angry, but still I c … more →

Tags: not smut, Books, Lamb, Sandra Cisneros, Joe Meno, john steinbeck, huxley

Run Free: Because You Are Your Best Thing!

annalisefonza wrote 6 days ago: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/oprah-life-lesson-maya-angelou_n_2869235.html?utm_hp_ref=fb … more →

Tags: Annalise Fonza, black women, Patriarchy, Oprah Winfrey, maya angelou, Run Free, you are your best thing, Indoctrination, believe them the first time

Some Thoughts on Beloved1 comment

fridayschildblog wrote 6 days ago: Beloved (Photo credit: elycefeliz) I first attempted to read Beloved my sophomore year in high schoo … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books, goodreads, Literature, Mother, Beloved, Slavery, Daughter, MOTHERS DAY

May 8: The Bluest Eye

partiallydeveloped wrote 1 week ago: This is the second book I read for my summer reading project.  The only other Toni Morrison book I … more →

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Sandra Gilbert & Susan Gubar, "Sexual Linguistics"

katflei wrote 1 week ago: 1985 “Is anatomy linguistic destiny? Is womb a metaphorical mouth, a pen a metaphorical penis? … more →

Tags: theory & philosophy, 3rd Field: Surface, Sentiment, & Sexuality, Henry James, WOOLF, Eliot, stein, Joyce, 3rd Field, Theory

The Mother's Day Book Review

hls wrote 1 week ago: Before getting into my book reviews, I want to wish all the mothers of the world a Happy Mother … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, The Latest, Amy Chua, Are you my mother?, battle hymn of the tiger mother, Beloved, Book Review, Literature, MOTHERS DAY

Holly's Spring 2013 Literary Awards

Holly G wrote 1 week ago: The end of another semester is upon us again! I’ve decided to list my favorite works of the se … more →

Tags: Literature, Culture, theatre, Photography, Franz Kafka, Paule Marshall, Little Big Man, Renate Lachmann, Lola Alvarez Bravo

~toni morrison~ beloved

E.K.M. wrote 1 week ago: Read it in: two weeks I read this book for an English literature course, and this is another one of … more →

Tags: by Genre, Historical Fiction, Literature by genre, amazing!, america, Billie Holiday, django reinhardt, Historical, Sad

Can You Guess the Authors by Their Nobel Citations?2 comments

Bookblurb wrote 1 week ago: Mr. Murakami is not pleased, Swedish Academy. By Gabe Habash PWxyz doesn’t have time for non-nerdy q … more →

Tags: Authors, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Publisher's Weekly, Samuel Beckett, William Golding, Gabe Habash, Pablo Neruda, J M Coetzee, Günter Grass

What to do in #Nashville -- Lindsey & I fill your calendar with FUN. #SitASpell #EastNashville #TennesseeRenaissanceFestival #5Spot

Kristen Chapman Gibbons wrote 1 week ago: … more →

Tags: Faithful to the Scene, Tire Them Youngins Out, Got My Boots On, Did we mention FREE, nashville, Centennial Park, sit a spell, Tennessee Renaissance Festival, Springwater

Review - Jazz by Toni Morrison

PlayingBooky wrote 1 week ago: Recommendation: A good showing from Morrison, but it’s not up to the level of accessibility in … more →

Tags: Book Review, Books, Review, Literature, Fiction, jazz, Literary Fiction, book, Book

Remember: The Journey to School Integration by Toni Morrison, Copyright 2004

carissacraven92 wrote 1 week ago: This is a book of mostly photographs, but that contributes to its beauty. It is told in the first pe … more →

Tags: Lit Crit Discussion Book, Segregation, Integration, Journey

Battle Fury, or Fear Bound? 1 comment

Niamh's Labyrinth wrote 1 week ago: “Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a w … more →

Tags: spirituality, anger, Mitch Albom, Emotion, Friendship, relationship, Love

This Thursday. Toni Morrison. Nashville.

Kristen Chapman Gibbons wrote 1 week ago: First 100 people in line will get the chance to have their book signed by Toni Morrison. Line opens … more →

Tags: nashville, Free, barnes and noble, vanderbilt, Literature

Review: "Mud"7 comments

colincarman wrote 1 week ago: “Mississippi Moon, Won’t You Keep On Shinin’ On Me” Grade: A- MARK TWAIN NEVER forgot the Mississipp … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, Drama, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Reese Witherspoon, Matthew McConaughey, Mud, Jacob Lofland, Tye Sheridan


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