Episode #20: A Mercy, by Toni Morrison

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Join our hosts Rebecca, Frances, and Dorian as they discuss A MERCY by Toni Morrison and chat about their current reading.

For our next episode, we will discuss our most anticipated books of 2024 with the book editor of the Washington Post, John Williams, as our special guest. We hope you all listen in to this conversation and grow your book wish lists accordingly.

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• A Mercy by Toni Morrison
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• Home by Toni Morrison
• Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette
• Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
• Tone by Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno
• The Long Form by Kate Briggs
• The Master Key by Masako Togawa, translated from the Japanese by Simon Grove
• Harriet Hume by Rebecca West
• The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West
• The Real Night by Rebecca West
• Cousin Rosamund by Rebecca West

You might also be interested in:

• Toni Morrison Nobel Lecture https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1993/morrison/lecture/
• Between the Covers Podcast – Kate Zambreno and Sofia Samatar: Tone https://tinhouse.com/podcast/kate-zambreno-sofia-samatar-tone/
• Toni Morrison Discusses A Mercy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZvMhQ2LIU
• Toni Morrison: ‘Goodness, Altruism and the Literary Imagination’ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/books/toni-morrison-goodness-altruism-literary-imagination.html

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