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‘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 · May 6, 2023

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

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2023

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.

WEKU · Apr 30, 2023

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.

The Times of India · Mar 23, 2023

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.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 7, 2023

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 Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

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

The Guardian - US · Feb 25, 2023

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.

Fortune · Feb 3, 2023

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.

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2023

I left my baby to write this. How do artists balance creativity and the ache for their child?

All writers and painters who are mothers must tread a heroic path. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023