Author Toni Morrison has died

[StarfishSaver]

Washington Post

Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who conjured a black girl longing for blue eyes, a slave mother who kills her child to save her from bondage, and other indelible characters who helped transfigure a literary canon long closed to African Americans, died last night in New York, her publisher said.

https://wapo.st/2KvoOgI

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. ...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Such a leader. Rest in power.

[hlthe2b]

3. Hard to lose important voices...

just when we need them most.

[nolabear]

4. Oh NO. She is one of the finest authors ever. Oh I am so sad.

[aikoaiko]

5. A great talent and force for good.

[panader0]

6. RIP--and thanks for all you did.

[Hortensis]

7. A loss for humanity, but right now especially for her family.

Just imagine the world genuinely somewhat the less for your death, though. That's a life.

Has anyone seen that documentary about her that just came out?

[brer cat]

8. "...giving voice to silent stories..."