In the story of the American experience, there is a before and after Toni Morrison. Toni remembers the flames. She remembers her family laughing at the stupidity of the landlord, who preferred to burn down their home rather than continue to house a Black family. Even as a child, she understood the strength of those who kept their heads held high every day. From their struggles, it is the songs and poignant stories that she remembers and that will offer her more than a home, a world to discover. So she studies literature, teaches it, and creates a new space for African-American voices. Toni embraces a thousand lives: teacher, publisher, Nobel Prize winner in literature... Her immense body of work is born of an intimate and collective memory, an ancient fire, a mad love for language, the language that resists.
From 14 years old
