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Toni Morrison - Charlie Rose Interview #tonimorrison #charlierose #interview #race #writer

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Recent library haul Picked up girl dinner by Olivia Blake Agnes gray by Anne Brontë Beloved by Toni Morrison Withering heights by Emily Brontë Who fears death by nnedi okorafor after reading remote control and I loved this short read Mina’s marchbox by yoko ogawa after reading the memory

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Book Club Pick: Part 2

I was not le to finish this novel in June… Is anyone surprised? Anyway, I will be tackling this book for July as well. I will be uploading other book reviews soon! I have listed the books I will be reviewing below. Love by Toni Morrison Promises and Pomegranates by Sav R. Miller P.s. I wi

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! My 2025 Nonfiction TBR!!! At least some of it I finished Toni Morrison’s “Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination” and I LOVED IT!!!!!!! It felt great annotating again and seeing my thoughts mirrored by a literary great such as Morrison. What nonfiction

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