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Toni Morrison

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Name: Toni Morrison

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 reports

Be Literary And Multiply?

Lauren Sandler suggests that the success of female writers is linked to them having only one child:It was only when I was working on a book investigating what it means to have, and to be, an only child that I realized how many of the writers I revere ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - 11 hours ago]

Entities: multiplicity, Ellen Willis, Nikita Lalwani, Vendela Vida, Ayelet Waldman

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 1 reports

Lauren B. Davis: ‘It’s always about compassion’

Lauren B. Davis’s new novel, The Empty Room, is a harrowing glimpse into the world of alcoholism. Based in part on Davis’s own experience with addiction, the book follows a day in the life of Colleen Kerrigan, whose world is unravelling. Davis’s previous ... [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Jean Rhys, Christopher Reid, James Agee, Jeffrey Eugenides, Brian Moore

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Female writers throw teddies out of the pram

Sandler, who is promoting her book on the subject, cited Susan Sontag and Joan Didion as her examples of successful writers who stuck to having one child. Didion’s stock line, according to her late daughter Quintana, was: “Brush your teeth, brush your ... [Published London Evening Standard - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Joan Didion, Jane Smiley, Marilynne Robinson

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey Gives $12 Million to the Smithsonian

The donation to the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the largest the new museum has received. By Sophie GilbertPhotograph of Oprah Winfrey by Joe Seer/Shutterstock.The National Museum of African American History and Culture announced ... [Published Washingtonian.com - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Oprah Winfrey, National Museum of African American History and..., Donations, African-Americans

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

Marlo Thomas: The Right Words from the Right Celebs: Memorable Commencement Speeches

, Best Commencement Speeches, College Graduation Speakers, Commencement Addresses, Women NewsGet Women Alerts:There are two things that distinguish the commencement address from most other oratory: the speaker's passion and the audience's hunger.By ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Marlo Thomas, Harvard University, Ellen DeGeneres, Sheryl Sandberg, Ohio State University

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 4 reports

Princeton University

"Today is the day they kick us out": More than 2,000 students graduate from Princeton University

"Today is the day they kick us out to make room for the new tenants," said Aman Sinha, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Ivyland, Pa., and this year’s valedictorian. He described his diploma as "a fancy eviction notice, ... a note telling ... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Princeton University, Ivy League, Trenton (New Jersey, United States)

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Jane Vandenburgh: Shopping for Husbands

When my husband Jack and I got together more than twenty years ago, it was in a time when virtually every other marriage was ending in divorce, stats so terrible they'd engendered their own grim humor:You could shop for your next husband, it was said, ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Maxine Kumin, Bill Turnbull, Reynolds Price, Gary Snyder

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

To and from Africa

In this lyrical debut novel, Nigerian mother Fola and Ghanaian father Kweku Sai are ambitious African immigrants in Boston, US. In the Sai household, where Fola gives up the chance to go to law school and looks after the children while Kweku becomes a ... [Published Times Live South Africa - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Accra, Surgeon, Toni Morrison, Chinese-Americans, Salman Rushdie

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Name-dropping it like it’s hot

Johannesburg - So there I was in New York in the early noughties, on a quick biology break (which was the disguise description our posh hostess used for “toilet break”), making my way to the gents, before getting ready to hear former president Bill Clinton ... [Published South Africa Star - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Colin Powell, Toni Morrison, Bill Clinton

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

2. The girl who fell from the sky, Heidi W. Durrow

50 LIBROS/ 50 BOOKS: Mujeres y sus historias.to Cheryl Howard,who shares tea, stories, books, yarn, lifeBefore my friend Cheryl moved to Mimbres I used to visit her every Friday, we had sweet tea and long conversations. It was probably on one of those ... [Published Borderzine - May 31 2013]

Entities: Jamaica Kincaid, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 30 2013 - 1 reports

New bench celebrates the life of Brister Freeman

Emerson Ambrose, 2, of Concord, plays on the newly unveiled bench, which is made possible by the Walden Woods Project and honors the life of Brister Freeman on Wednesday afternoon.Events CalendarOn the WebConcord —Aoi Mori traveled all the way from Japan ... [Published Wicked Local Concord - May 30 2013]

Entities: Toni Morrison, Henry David Thoreau, American Revolution, African-Americans

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

A Bench for Brister Freeman

A trio of local organizations and the Toni Morrison Society will host a Bench by the Road Project Dedication Ceremony at 3 p.m. tomorrow, May 22, to place a bench on Brister’s Hill in celebration of the life of Brister Freeman.The Drinking Gourd Project ... [Published Concord Patch - May 21 2013]

Entities: Toni Morrison, Road Project, Gourd, American Revolution

More Content

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Be Literary And Multiply? [Published Atlantic Monthly - 11 hours ago]
Studying great works with a gothic flavour [Published The Independent - 11 hours ago]
Be Literary And Multiply? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 11 hours ago]
Is Sexism Still An Issue in Publishing? [Published Chicago Now - 15 hours ago]
Interview: Rob Delaney Talks Board Games, His M... [Published Complex - Jun 17 2013]
Rand Paul Learns from His Mistakes [Published REASON Online - Jun 17 2013]
Oldest Black Bookstore In America May Close Doors [Published AOL Black Voices - Jun 17 2013]
Rand Paul Learns from His Mistakes [Published Hit & Run - Jun 17 2013]
Thomas Pynchon Returns to the New York Where He... [Published The Atlantic Wire - Jun 17 2013]
Pachyderms grace Bedford library [Published Toledoblade.com - Jun 17 2013]
Interviewing Helen Smith On:“Men on Strike: Why... [Published YID With LID - Jun 17 2013]
Editorial: Teaching, a clever lover [Published Corvallis Gazette-Times - Jun 16 2013]
By All Means, Project Your Weird Bullshit Onto ... [Published Jezebel - Jun 15 2013]
Lauren B. Davis: ‘It’s always about compassion’ [Published Globe and Mail - Jun 14 2013]
Mums CAN be great authors, says Zadie Smith: Mo... [Published Mail Online UK - Jun 13 2013]
I'm proof that anyone can sit an exam stoned an... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 12 2013]
Female writers throw teddies out of the pram [Published London Evening Standard - Jun 12 2013]
Oprah Winfrey Gives $12 Million to the Smithsonian [Published Washingtonian.com - Jun 11 2013]
Searching for a long-lost Pearl Buck manuscript... [Published Lake Wylie Pilot - Jun 11 2013]
From Bengal to New Orleans and back [Published The Statesman - Jun 09 2013]
Marlo Thomas: The Right Words from the Right Ce... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 07 2013]
In her last commencement speech, Tilghman tells... [Published Daily Princetonian - Jun 07 2013]
How Do You Talk to Kids About Race? This Guide ... [Published Good Magazine - Jun 06 2013]
Searching for a long-lost Pearl Buck manuscript... [Published Merced Sun-Star - Jun 06 2013]
"Today is the day they kick us out": More than ... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - Jun 05 2013]
Jane Vandenburgh: Shopping for Husbands [Published Huffington Post - Jun 05 2013]
Photos: Princeton University commencement 2013 ... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - Jun 04 2013]
Princeton awards six honorary degrees [Published Princeton University Top Stories - Jun 04 2013]
Toni Morrison, Frank Gehry honored at Princeton... [Published Hunterdon County Democrat - Jun 04 2013]
To and from Africa [Published Times Live South Africa - Jun 04 2013]

Blogs

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Be Literary And Multiply? [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - 11 hours ago] Lauren Sandler suggests that the success of female writers is linked to them having only one child: It was only when I was working on a book investigating what it means to have, and to be, an only child that I realized how many of the writers ...
Rand Paul Learns from His Mistakes [Published Hit & Run - Jun 17 2013] Here's anecdote worth noting in the New Republic Rand Paul profile that Matt Welch noted earlier today. It begins by recounting Paul'snot-so-smooth appearance at Howard University two months ago: <img alt="The real Slim Shady can't be found." ...
Interviewing Helen Smith On:“Men on Strike: Why... [Published YID With LID - Jun 17 2013] Helen Smith is one of the best writers in the business about men’s rights issues and her new book, Men on Strike: Why Men Are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream – and Why It Matters , is a must-read masterpiece on the subje ...
Princeton awards six honorary degrees [Published Princeton University Top Stories - Jun 04 2013] Princeton University awarded honorary degrees during Commencement exercises Tuesday, June 4, to six individuals for their contributions to architecture, education, literature, the humanities, human rights, medicine and science: Francis Collins, director ...
Few Colleges Invite Conservative Commencement S... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 17 2013] The Young America's Foundation conducted its annual review of commencement speakers at the nation's top universities and once again found that very few conservative speakers were invited to give graduates their traditional send-off into the "real" ...

Audio/Video

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Vanderbilt Senior Day Speaker Toni Morrison [Published Vanderbilt University - YouTube - May 15 2013]
Senior Day 2013 with Toni Morrison [Published Vanderbilt University - YouTube - May 09 2013]