2) Find the characters to explore it.
3) Structure the story.
4) Find the right voice in which to tell the tale.
And from there, Morrison says, “it’s all inevitable. It’s just straightforward.” You too can produce work like the Pulitzer Prize-winning Beloved. Sigh.
Morrison is without a doubt the preeminent black woman author in America today, her language and ideas powerful enough to prompt critics to place her among the ranks of the greatest English writers ever. (“Only Shakespeare rivals her for the number of senior theses devoted to her work,” Professor Barbara Johnson quipped when introducing Morrison.) Morrison is without a doubt the preeminent black woman author in America today. Go back and re-read that sentence. Then subtract the two words before “author.” Few people would argue the veracity of the statement, but Morrison would rather you leave them in.
“Our race-based culture not only exists, it thrives. The question is whether it exists as a virus or a rich harvest of possibilities.” —Toni Morrison
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