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THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD - TONI MORRISON GEBUNDEN

Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction
collection--a rich gathering of her essays  speeches  and meditations on society  culture  and
art  spanning four decades.  The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of
mind and style  the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable
hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the
dead of 9 11  the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr.  and the last by a
heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. In the writings and speeches included here  Morrison
takes on contested social issues: the foreigner  female empowerment  the press  money  "black
matter(s) " and human rights. She looks at enduring matters of culture: the role of the artist
in society  the literary imagination  the Afro-American presence in American literature  and in
her Nobel lecture  the power of language itself. And here too is piercing commentary on her own
work (including The Bluest Eye  Sula  Tar Baby  Jazz  Beloved  and Paradise) and that of others
among them  painter and collagist Romare Bearden  author Toni Cade Bambara  and theater
director Peter Sellars. In all  The Source of Self-Regard is a luminous and essential addition
to Toni Morrison's oeuvre.

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