Toni Morrison interview on her Life and Career (1990)

Toni Morrison exists in two worlds: the visible world, bustling around her, and the world of her novels, whose characters tell about an interior reality hidden from the eyes of strangers. In her work, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison has transported millions of readers into the experience of being black in America and confronting the realities of race. In this program, Morrison discusses the characters in her work, the people in her life, the power of love, and how the invented world of fiction connects to life.
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  • @ManufacturingIntellect
    @ManufacturingIntellect4 жыл бұрын

    Check out these Toni Morrison books on Amazon! Conversations with Toni Morrison: geni.us/TjUZ The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations: geni.us/BbwH Jazz: geni.us/wUuyFH Beloved: geni.us/JvOc7j Join us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/ManufacturingIntellect Donate Crypto! commerce.coinbase.com/checkout/868d67d2-1628-44a8-b8dc-8f9616d62259 Get Two Books FREE with a Free Audible Trial: amzn.to/313yfLe Checking out the affiliate links above helps me bring even more high quality videos to you by earning me a small commission on your purchase. If you have any suggestions for future content, make sure to subscribe on the Patreon page. Thank you for your support!

  • @j.cutrone
    @j.cutrone2 жыл бұрын

    Toni had the ability to make words dance. How she carefully chooses each word in both her work and in conversation is so inspiring to me. Strong, yet delicate. A force of light. She's the reason that I am a writer today.

  • @iago07
    @iago072 жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest writers to ever walk the Earth. PERIODT.

  • @Allen1029
    @Allen10294 жыл бұрын

    Her description of motherhood, selfhood, and liberation is absolutely breathtaking.

  • @annef.5141
    @annef.51413 жыл бұрын

    I don’t how I can miss someone I never met, but here I am. Though I never met her, we knew each other. Everything she wrote was a love letter to me. And each word of hers I read was a thank you to her. I hope you’re having a ball in paradise, Ms. Morrison.

  • @kakashicowboy1399

    @kakashicowboy1399

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @nebbscorner

    @nebbscorner

    2 жыл бұрын

    this is beautiful.

  • @melanatedcutie748

    @melanatedcutie748

    2 жыл бұрын

    🥺🥲💙💛

  • @shakeyraware1563

    @shakeyraware1563

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just beautiful sweetie just beautiful ❤️

  • @CadeCYC

    @CadeCYC

    Жыл бұрын

    So sweet 💓

  • @juancarlosvasquezgarcia253
    @juancarlosvasquezgarcia2534 жыл бұрын

    She is sooooooo inspiring. I love her.

  • @danyelrobinson2629
    @danyelrobinson26294 жыл бұрын

    I’m so grateful that she left such an imprint on the world.

  • @angelsbackgroundsounds

    @angelsbackgroundsounds

    4 жыл бұрын

    me too

  • @cestmoi5702
    @cestmoi57024 жыл бұрын

    0:55. I love the way she looks at the diploma she receives. She looks satisfied, proud. It’s a moment between herself and the diploma in hand. No one else is around. I miss her terribly. And also the quality of interviewers like Bill Moyers.

  • @theesperanzacompromisebyja9044
    @theesperanzacompromisebyja90443 жыл бұрын

    "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison

  • @mrrr1838

    @mrrr1838

    Жыл бұрын

    😰 ....man if this isn't motivation

  • @atmosphericrelations
    @atmosphericrelations Жыл бұрын

    When she started talking about REAL STUFF .. “let’s talk about love” and how she pivoted. BRILLIANT WOMAN!!!

  • @JoyMala3
    @JoyMala32 жыл бұрын

    I love how deeply she thinks about life and the nuances of it 💕🇰🇪 Thank you for keeping her alive here

  • @snake991231
    @snake9912313 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to her speak all day !

  • @kakashicowboy1399

    @kakashicowboy1399

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @chocoolatina
    @chocoolatina4 жыл бұрын

    Crazy, how some notable figures have to die to become even more famous. I heard her name plenty, but her death got me to dig in deeper in her greatness.

  • @larkinstreetyouthservices6024
    @larkinstreetyouthservices60244 жыл бұрын

    Everything she says is so powerful.

  • @katerinalas540
    @katerinalas5403 жыл бұрын

    Wow the liberation of motherhood brought me to tears. What an icon.

  • @hayleyannamathieson7261
    @hayleyannamathieson72612 жыл бұрын

    So wise. Her voice soothes you. Extraordinarily writer and very much missed. ❤

  • @kiralynae6998
    @kiralynae69984 жыл бұрын

    "But that's a totally generous free womyn. Fearless. She's not afraid of anything. . . and complete clarity about who she is". Swoons. Pilate is one of my favorite characters.

  • @debrahowe2305

    @debrahowe2305

    3 жыл бұрын

    Song of Solomon is my favorite book of ALL time. Pilate is otherworldly - remember she has no navel. She wasn't born or birthed...she WAS!!!

  • @kakashicowboy1399

    @kakashicowboy1399

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @dodo3794
    @dodo37944 жыл бұрын

    She’s so brilliant

  • @mattd501
    @mattd5014 жыл бұрын

    Nothing better than this, Toni you always teach me something!! 🙌🙌🙌💕💕💕

  • @anujaverma1039
    @anujaverma1039 Жыл бұрын

    The interviewer has so positive vibes and huge appreciation of Toni Morrison's work.

  • @evablazinflames

    @evablazinflames

    2 күн бұрын

    Ah yesss. I can tell he has deep appreciation for her work, curiosity about her characters and his awe of Toni Morrison is palpable. Great interviewer.

  • @rayanidris4605
    @rayanidris46052 жыл бұрын

    Finished the glorious book "The Bluest Eye" a couple of minutes ago and my mind needed to find out more about this exquisite author!

  • @bexists
    @bexists2 ай бұрын

    Oh God. My heart is so full listening to her utter every single word with so much force. What I would give to listen to her speak live. What inspiring aura and view of the world.

  • @brutusalwaysminded
    @brutusalwaysminded4 жыл бұрын

    Ah, this has resurfaced! Thank You.

  • @torin8386
    @torin83862 жыл бұрын

    What a phenomenal interview

  • @titanwakefield144
    @titanwakefield1443 жыл бұрын

    A brilliant, gifted and thoughtful woman!

  • @marianaya5824
    @marianaya58242 жыл бұрын

    I just love so much because of how her writing affected me. My favorite of her books is The Song of Solomon. I've read it so many times. So grateful to Toni Morrison for being here.

  • @rosariomontoya1826
    @rosariomontoya1826 Жыл бұрын

    Everything that Toni Morrison says is profound and worthy of reflection. We could spend a decade simply discussing this 43:44

  • @Neothefrolic
    @Neothefrolic3 жыл бұрын

    This was wonderful.

  • @kakashicowboy1399

    @kakashicowboy1399

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @cynthiatati6187
    @cynthiatati6187 Жыл бұрын

    I have never seen you... Don't know you, but I watched a program about your handwork. I come to love you despite the fact that you are no longer there 😢RIP ❤

  • @CH-is1vc
    @CH-is1vc2 жыл бұрын

    At first I thought the interviewer talked too much and was more interested in his own voice/opinions. But then as I continued listening, I could clearly see how well-read he was and his genuine interests in Prof. Morrison's works.

  • @TheChristobias

    @TheChristobias

    Жыл бұрын

    IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, YOU SHOULD WATCH THE INTIMATE INTERVIEW HE HAS WITH THE LATE GREAT "MAYA ANGELOU"......🤔🙂

  • @happygucci5094

    @happygucci5094

    2 ай бұрын

    Apart from him saying Sethe killed her son- it was her baby girl that she murdered.

  • @larrymcc8532
    @larrymcc85324 жыл бұрын

    Toni Morrison is Amazing!! i

  • @enchantresse23
    @enchantresse233 жыл бұрын

    This was very much needed. Powerful 🌹

  • @chrisogonas
    @chrisogonas4 жыл бұрын

    Deep and amazing thoughts!

  • @-Fapologist-
    @-Fapologist-3 жыл бұрын

    I swear I could listen to this woman talk for hours lol

  • @foreverthandomnguni
    @foreverthandomnguni4 жыл бұрын

    Insightful and full of depth!

  • @Life_moreabundantly
    @Life_moreabundantly4 жыл бұрын

    #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd⚖ 💪🏾💎🙏🏽💙🏁🏆 #BlackLivesMatter✊🏾

  • @bigqueen4020
    @bigqueen40209 ай бұрын

    This was sooooo well done. So well done. She is. She just is.

  • @ProphetsOfRockTV
    @ProphetsOfRockTV4 жыл бұрын

    An amazing interview

  • @lenellpage4948
    @lenellpage4948 Жыл бұрын

    Happy Birthday Ms. Toni Morrison💜

  • @kewayne888
    @kewayne88823 күн бұрын

    The disconnect is overwhelming😗

  • @litainelaguerre5785
    @litainelaguerre5785 Жыл бұрын

    Mèsi bokou🇭🇹

  • @patrickjones7434
    @patrickjones74344 жыл бұрын

    A great person love her people should about read her book and about her life we must love and understand each other .

  • @bettyrocket999
    @bettyrocket9993 жыл бұрын

    I’m in love 🌱

  • @kelahwinfield7068
    @kelahwinfield70682 ай бұрын

    Revolutionary

  • @mrrr1838
    @mrrr1838 Жыл бұрын

    My new favorite person

  • @onedirections1172
    @onedirections1172Ай бұрын

    Mother love me keep me warm Mother loves me, keeps me warm, nurtures me, cares for me, and calms me through the storm. To help me mother, help your baby to be strong, nothing more. No Money, is A Mercy, can The Bluest Eye find a Rainbow a Home? For Frank and his Sister here's a poem. I love you, Mother, I thank you everyday, love me, keep me warm, nurture me, care for me, show me what is right and wrong. Your love has kept me, in the light, words that make a man cave bright. And when I go to her at night, she rocks me in my cradle, so I sleep tight. I love you Mother. I Thank you everyday. Mother loves me, keeps me warm, nurtures me, cares for me, and calms me through the storm. To help me Mother, help your baby, to be strong, nothing more. Thank you Toni, for I've been torn, and my mother left me in the storm. By Eddie Campagnola Edward Campagnola, "Directions to the Dumpster" & Pen name "One Directions to Mercy Street"

  • @lunamoon323
    @lunamoon3239 ай бұрын

    LOVE

  • @kirsyrosa2595
    @kirsyrosa25952 жыл бұрын

    Good Morning Sindi

  • @lunamoon323
    @lunamoon323Ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @nvyharrison
    @nvyharrison4 жыл бұрын

    ♥️

  • @SueLyons1
    @SueLyons12 жыл бұрын

    08:40 'the master narrative' 😔 'deep psychic struggle to see and not see one another' 👍 'racism is not a fixed star' 👍 👏 👏 👏

  • @mp-lz4he
    @mp-lz4he4 жыл бұрын

    I love Tar Baby. Son is my fave character.

  • @happygucci5094

    @happygucci5094

    2 ай бұрын

    That book was like a gothic New World settler colonial nightmare. It ripped me to shreds. All of them did. Yet she manages to place that soothing arm around my soul that somehow I became stronger, wiser, more gratitude after being destroyed… She is THE American Novelist. The breadth of her vision is extraordinary. Sublime.

  • @bnkundwa
    @bnkundwa Жыл бұрын

    Here is to you.

  • @lunamoon323
    @lunamoon3239 ай бұрын

    💜💜💜

  • @rubystalkshow
    @rubystalkshow3 жыл бұрын

    We need a cite

  • @Life_moreabundantly
    @Life_moreabundantly4 жыл бұрын

    A War Of Truth Vs. Deception 🏁 TRUTH💯 Wins!!!!🙌🏾🌥🙌🏾

  • @kakashicowboy1399

    @kakashicowboy1399

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @manoelcarlosalves2301
    @manoelcarlosalves23012 жыл бұрын

    You have already being bought and paid for. Your ancestors gave it up for you. It's already done. You don't have to do that anymore. Now you can love yourself.

  • @rubystalkshow
    @rubystalkshow3 жыл бұрын

    who is the name of the guy interviewing her

  • @MsLulu200

    @MsLulu200

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bill Moyers

  • @justincates2548
    @justincates25484 жыл бұрын

    Bill Moyers! Redd. ⚡️🦊

  • @TheThriftQueen
    @TheThriftQueen4 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn’t describe Pecola as pathetic 🙄 he irritates me.

  • @waynedouglas5859

    @waynedouglas5859

    4 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @shanalangley7025

    @shanalangley7025

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's ironically perceiving her as such because of the "master narrative" that Toni Morrison is talking about

  • @dodo3794

    @dodo3794

    4 жыл бұрын

    He said “pathetic creature”

  • @geocyo8835

    @geocyo8835

    3 жыл бұрын

    Okay, so boom, ten months in, how _would_ you describe her?

  • @TheThriftQueen

    @TheThriftQueen

    3 жыл бұрын

    Geo Cyo a victim of circumstance and an unwilling participant in a society that was prune to anti-blackness, mostly in her own community do to the propaganda of unattainable, basic, boring ass beauty standards that no one should be striving for, especially young black girls!

  • @amorablaine
    @amorablaine Жыл бұрын

    Gosh another video I mistook for being from Oprah...the network, I mean. Oh the humanity!

  • @animationlover8995
    @animationlover89953 жыл бұрын

    7:09

  • @diamondbolton2944
    @diamondbolton29446 ай бұрын

    Looking at the author I wonder if the depiction of the character matches the stereotypical trope and to what degree

  • @tammyxiao9819
    @tammyxiao98193 жыл бұрын

    So frustrating when the interviewer talks over her

  • @mauricedear5809
    @mauricedear58092 жыл бұрын

    I want to understand the 16 people who didn't rate this truly wise human being....but how.And would it be a waste of my precious time.

  • @iliyawho5516
    @iliyawho55163 жыл бұрын

    one learns very quickly what to belong to 41:01

  • @iliyawho5516

    @iliyawho5516

    3 жыл бұрын

    5:41 i didnt ask to be born

  • @iliyawho5516

    @iliyawho5516

    3 жыл бұрын

    7:12 gallant event

  • @adrianovisagie
    @adrianovisagie4 жыл бұрын

    Don't love anything ... 💔

  • @clintoncarter1511

    @clintoncarter1511

    4 жыл бұрын

    To the contrary, she says that is the cry of hopelessness. People are starving for love. "It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." Love can lead to pain, but true love is the most powerful force in the universe. The Bible says, "God is love." My mathematical bent requires me to point out that when the verb "to be" is used like that, it can be thought of as an equal sign!

  • @youbetcha6880
    @youbetcha6880 Жыл бұрын

    Would Toni Morrison have thought, "Oh, no. Another white man interviewing me?" I have to interview minority people as part of their profession, and I feel quite bad about it. And I'm white and middle aged and male.

  • @nellatetam

    @nellatetam

    2 ай бұрын

    i think you have to address the guilt, and replace it with openness and acceptance to genuinely walk in the shoes of someone else. i don't want to speak for Toni Morrison, but i am a black woman and a poet as well. In interviews, i care more that the interviewer is genuinely interested in my work, open, a good listener and asks good questions. Essentially, that my perspective does not make the interlocutor uncomfortable; rather, it adds meaning, context and substance to the conversation, as per intended.

  • @calinasantos5290
    @calinasantos52903 жыл бұрын

    “Racism is older than slavery”, not older than RACE slavery which is what the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade is, to be clear.

  • @annieareyouok7671

    @annieareyouok7671

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes it is because anti blackness is epistemic it transcends time. It about a universal thought process. Everyone (by group), everywhere, all around the world, carries is anti-black ideology. People in Korea bleach there skin because being darker in skin meant you were a field worker and of lesser social status. There reasons are detached from the trans-Atlantic slave trade but the the colorism still follows the rule. To be of lighter complexion, means you’re beautiful, wealthy of greater social status. So racism in its essence is older than race based slavery that’s simply derived from that ideology.

  • @lyricamare6073
    @lyricamare60734 жыл бұрын

    I think we forget the one who brought and paid for us first was Jesus. He died first, gave everything and through that we know we are truly loved. He created and bought us so we are doubly His "But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."- Isaiah 53:5. God bless you all and guide you in everything

  • @clintoncarter1511

    @clintoncarter1511

    4 жыл бұрын

    It is true that Jesus paid the ultimate price to buy us, but unfortunately many who claim his name had no trouble with the idea of owning others and treating them accordingly. Thankfully there were some who did their best to treat their slaves like family, which, in Christ, is the case.

  • @BLISB

    @BLISB

    4 жыл бұрын

    Free your mind. We don’t need anyone between us and God. Especially not a man depicted and burned into Black minds as a White man. Free your mind. On on one with the Creator is your birthright. Ase’

  • @angelsbackgroundsounds
    @angelsbackgroundsounds4 жыл бұрын

    Shes beautiful

  • @angelsbackgroundsounds
    @angelsbackgroundsounds4 жыл бұрын

    Underviewed

  • @angelsbackgroundsounds
    @angelsbackgroundsounds4 жыл бұрын

    why u cut her off at the end?

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    @lunamoon3239 ай бұрын

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    @lunamoon3234 ай бұрын

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    @lunamoon3234 ай бұрын

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    @lunamoon3234 ай бұрын

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    @lunamoon3234 ай бұрын

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    @lunamoon3239 ай бұрын

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