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"Bottoms" reframes the meaning of ugly

The late summer hit's casual use of the word women are taught to fear may enable us to reclaim it

Salon

Zadie Smith: ‘I get in trouble when I talk about the state of the nation’

After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith has returned to her literary stomping ground of north London. She talks about fame, therapy and finding inspiration for her new historical novel on her doorstep

The Guardian - UK

Iowa school district banned books based on ChatGPT’s advice

The banned books include ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘Beloved’ by Toni Morrison

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US school board uses AI to ban books, including Margaret Atwood’s

ChatGPT is being used to help identify books to ban in school libraries over in the US

Evening Standard

Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now; Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-4 review – making history

A momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratospheric

The Guardian - UK

Attica Locke: ‘Toni Morrison’s Beloved touched my soul’

The American author on the mysteries of Ellen Raskin and learning to write in bed

The Guardian - UK

Robert Gottlieb, celebrated editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, has died at 92

Gottlieb, whose work helped shape the modern publishing canon, edited fiction by future Nobel laureates, spy novels by John le Carré, essays by Nora Ephron and Caro's nonfiction epics.

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Robert Gottlieb, celebrated literary editor of Toni Morrison and Robert Caro, dies at 92

One of the greatest literary editors in modern times, Robert Gottlieb, has died

The Independent UK

McKinley Dixon: Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? review – literary, urgent rap

This is shorter than the Virginian jazz-rapper’s sprawling breakout LP, but still full to bursting with images and invention

The Guardian - UK

Reader, I lived with him: why a happy ending doesn’t have to mean marriage

As more couples rip up the rulebook, attitudes towards romantic relationships are becoming less clear-cut – and art reflects that. Should we be celebrating a new kind of happily ever after?

The Guardian - UK

A Life of One’s Own by Joanna Biggs review – on the shoulders of giants

The lives of female authors provide inspiration for a woman who finds herself starting over after divorce

The Guardian - UK

‘It is hateful and mean’: fighting back with the banned book reading room

With book bans continuing across the US, a museum in New York has assembled a hub for those defying extreme censorship

The Guardian - US

‘These spaces are depicted with trauma porn’: Tyriek White on his acclaimed public housing novel

We Are a Haunting, the Mississippi-by-way-of-New-York writer’s debut novel, tells of rent, eviction and ghosts in the projects

The Guardian - US

Moms for Liberty, meet John Birch: the roots of US rightwing book bans

Matthew Dallek, author of new book Birchers, sees plentiful precedent for censorship efforts in Republican states

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Toni Morrison's diary entries, early drafts and letters are on display at Princeton

Toni Morrison remains the sole Black female recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature. Princeton University, where Morrison was a professor, is commemorating the 30th anniversary of her win.

Tribune News Service

Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ to return to Pinellas high schools

TAMPA, Fla. — Toni Morrison’s groundbreaking novel “The Bluest Eye” is headed back to Pinellas County high schools this week.

The Guardian - UK

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa review – high-risk comic debut

Stephen Buoro’s tale of a teenager in Nigeria, hanging with his friends and hankering after white girls, ticks all the boxes of a literary blockbuster

The Guardian - UK

Top 10 first lines in fiction

The first words of a story have to do a lot of work in snaring the reader. Novelist Liz Nugent considers some of her favourites

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Florida school pulls anti-racism film Ruby Bridges after parent complaint

Elementary school in Tampa area withdraws screenings of Disney film that tells story of black student in segregated 1960s

The Times of India

Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison honored with her own stamp

Toni Morrison, who is the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature, is honored by the United States Postal Service (USPS) with her ‘own forever’ stamp to celebrate her legacy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Toni Morrison honored with new ‘forever’ stamp

The forever stamp was unveiled Tuesday morning in a tribute at Princeton University, where she taught for almost two decades.

The Independent UK

Toni Morrison honored with new stamp, unveiled at Princeton

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is now forever immortalized on a stamp honoring the prolific writer, editor, scholar and mentor

The Guardian - US

Sisters behind US’s first Black food book store share their five essential reads

For Black History Month, owners Gabrielle and Danielle Davenport curated a list of the best books celebrating the role of food in culture and liberation

Fortune

Why we're still celebrating Black achievements in the U.S.

Black History Month is a time to remember the countless contributions of African Americans, even as Black history receives political pushback.

Tribune News Service

Schools in Florida's Pinellas County remove book by prize-winning author Toni Morrison

Pinellas County high school students no longer will have access to Toni Morrison’s first book, “The Bluest Eye,” in their classrooms or libraries.

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