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Before Beloved, Toni Morrison was behind the scenes rewriting the rules of publishing. In this riveting exchange, Dana Williams reveals how Morrison edited history-shaping voices like Angela Davis and demanding space for Black genius. From battlingsales execs to building a canon, this is the Morrison the world forgot, a literary architect.
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Before Beloved, Toni Morrison was behind the scenes rewriting the rules of publishing. In this riveting exchange, Dana Williams reveals how Morrison edited history-shaping voices like Angela Davis and demanding space for Black genius. From battlingsales execs to building a canon, this is the Morrison the world forgot, a literary architect.
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WHUT is the nation’s only Public Broadcasting Television station licensed to be owned and operated by a historically Black University.
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