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Toni Morrison has passed away

ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
edited August 2019 in Social Entropy++


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She was 88.

I've been dreading this for a while now; her writing is beautiful and so, so important to me.

Rest in Peace to the greatest American writer of the 20th century.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Her works showed me that humanity may be ugly, but to be human is to be beautiful.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular

    Hey Satan!
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Damn. She was a fantastic writer and a better person.

    88 is a good run but the world is lesser now that she is gone.

  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    Other than Beloved, any recommendations for reading among her other works?

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  • SkeithSkeith Registered User regular
    Sula was very good, as was A Mercy. I didn't enjoy Paradise as much, but it's a solid book.

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  • ph blakeph blake Registered User regular
    edited August 2019
    The Bluest Eye is her first novel. It's a good read, and a very confident book. Like, with some authors it takes them a bit to find their style, but with Morrison everything that makes her work unique is already shining through from the first page.

    I actually picked up Paradise last week and had just started reading it on Sunday. I'm still very early, but it definitely starts out strong imo.

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