The Source of Self-Regard

Toni Morrison 2019

Devastation Rating

Ugly Crying
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Our Take

Morrison's collected essays and speeches form a moral inventory of America. Her prose in nonfiction carries the same devastating weight as her novels — every sentence earned, every argument built on centuries of evidence. The Nobel lecture alone is worth the price.

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