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Michael Hiltzik: Book-banning is on the rise, as part of the far-right's assault on democracy

Attacks on books occupy a special place among the signposts of philistinism and anti-democratic suppression.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 27, 2022

Jackie Kay on Jamaica Kincaid: ‘I’ve never read anyone like her’

The Scottish poet’s tribute to the Antiguan-American author’s ‘fearless’ coming-of-age novel Annie John

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

Unless Democrats start fighting like they mean it, they’re going to lose Congress

We are engaged in an existential battle over the identity of this nation. The Biden administration’s tepid midterm strategy is failing

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2022

Jane Austen replaced on literature course by American author Toni Morrison to 'decolonise' curriculum

American Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winner author takes her place

Wales Online · Apr 6, 2022

Commentary: How Toni Morrison’s use of the prefix ‘re-’ captures our complicated racial history

On March 10, as part of a wave of similar moves by states across the country, the Florida legislature passed what supporters are calling the “Stop WOKE Act,” a bill limiting what workplaces and schools can teach about race and identity, with special emphasis on discussions that could cause others…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 24, 2022

Poet Sonia Sanchez to receive Edwin MacDowell Medal

The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2022

Toni Morrison novel The Bluest Eye off banned list in St Louis schools

Nobel laureate’s classic debut was removed from libraries but backlash and lawsuits prompted vote to restore

The Guardian - US · Feb 27, 2022

An elegant, timely test for readers from Toni Morrison

"Recitatif: A Story" by Toni Morrison, with an introduction by Zadie Smith; Alfred A. Knopf (40 pages, $16)

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Tony Messenger: Banning Toni Morrison book only proves her point about the discomfort of language

Every election cycle, it seems, there is a new way to refer to a group of voters who seem to have all the juice. These are the voters whom elected officials are targeting to put them over the top in close races.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 28, 2022

55 Famous Women in History Who Changed the World

Girl power.

Marie Claire · Mar 10, 2021