I’ve gone through my favorite interviews with the novelist Toni Morrison and put together my favorite bits. I’ve gathered them into these segments:

(:35) On love (parental, romantic, religious)
(8:25) On childhood, family history, and being a parent and a writer
(43:32) On race, writing in difficult political and social moments, and being more interested in good than evil
(1:11:48) On writing in general, and specifically the writing of Beloved

The interviews I’ve drawn from are these:

Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com.

The Voice of Toni Morrison - Human Voices Wake Us