On Morrison

by Namwali Serpell

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Fresh Air, NPR · April 13, 2026

Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?

A deep dive by Harvard professor Namwali Serpell into Toni Morrison's complete body of work — her 11 novels, plays, and criticism — arguing that readers have fundamentally misunderstood one of America's most celebrated Nobel Laureate writers.

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