“Nobel laureate & literary icon Toni Morrison has passed away” links

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Rest in peace, Toni Morrison. The Nobel laureate & literary icon has passed away at the age of 88. I’m adding some additional articles/tweets below. [JustJared]
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Towleroad’s Toni Morrison obituary. [Towleroad]

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  1. Kitten says:

    Another brilliant and powerful voice lost. Sigh.

    • Catnip Cupid says:

      Do you write, Kitten? I ask because you seem so articulate and passionate.

    • Trashaddict says:

      In considering the people who have died in the last couple of years, I’m convinced the cool people are leaving the planet – something must be coming.

  2. duchess of hazard says:

    Rest in peace, good woman. Lay your pen down.

  3. Fluffy Princess says:

    What an amazing, wise, wise woman. May she rest in peace.

  4. Amaryis says:

    You will be missed darling 😢 RIP

  5. Lightpurple says:

    May she Rest In Peace.

  6. osito says:

    Rest in power, Toni.

  7. elimaeby says:

    If you haven’t, go buy and read The Bluest Eye. That book changed my life. Rest in peace, brilliant woman.

  8. Wilma says:

    Something very superficial: I always found Toni Morrison to be such a beautiful woman.

  9. bamaborn says:

    Talented author; rest in peace Ms. Morrison.

  10. h3Rh1GHN3SS says:

    I’m saddened by her death, but inspired by her life. rest in peace big sis!

  11. Nanea says:

    Thank you, Toni Morrison, for sharing your powerful stories with us and for challenging our minds.
    Rest in power!

  12. Nicegirl says:

    So much good content today. I’m super busy at work but happy I’ll have lots to read on my commute home. Thankful 💕

  13. Embee says:

    Beloved changed me forever…opened my eyes to the horror of the slave experience. Thank you, Dr. Morrison for making me a better human and for fearlessly teaching us.

  14. Elizabeth Rose says:

    I read The Bluest Eye in uni and was forever moved and changed by it, swept up in the frenzy of a life that I could in some ways not quite relate to but in small ways, identified fiercely. The complexity and nuance of the characters she put to page will not ever be lost on me. She gave me a whole new lens within which to view life and literature, heartbreaks and triumphs. She was a master of documenting the human condition without filter. RIP.

  15. Nev says:

    RIP ICON.

  16. JanetFerber says:

    Sula, The Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon were revelations to me in college. I remember reading outdoors her beautiful, wrenching, living books and knowing this was a great author that the world would know about. God bless.

  17. himmiefan says:

    A great loss.

  18. Trashaddict says:

    Listened to part of her Nobel acceptance speech on NPR tonight. Her voice is like listening to the memory of forever, it is beautiful and carries you back and forward in time.

  19. adastraperaspera says:

    “Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boil down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?”
    ― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

  20. Veronica S says:

    Her novels had such a profound impact on me as a writer growing up. She provided such powerful and poignant insight into the lives of black Americans.

  21. JRenee says:

    Her work remains to inspire generations to come. RIP Toni!

  22. Lindy says:

    Rest in peace. What an absolutely towering presence. I’m so sad she’s gone. I was fortunate enough to hear her speak on several occasions (she taught creative writing at my university) and every single time, I remember wondering how the speech/talk was over so fast. In reality, it was a normal length, but she was so engaging, so brilliant, and so eloquent that the minutes flew by.

    Her books were my first true introduction to the idea that there is a white (male) gaze and that art has the power to disrupt and resist it. Sometimes by refusing to give it any attention at all.

    I wish we had more years on earth of her voice and her ideas.

  23. Valerie says:

    A tremendous writer. Anything her name was attached to, I gravitated toward. Rest in Power.

  24. incognito08 says:

    News of Toni Morrison’s death almost made me feel as if a family member passed away. I discovered her works during my undergraduate years and became hooked on her lyrical, magnetic prose. As an African-American woman, I had immense pride in her ability to tell the stories of my people and draw others in to our experience. The literary world truly lost a giant. Rest easy Toni Morrison!