TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morrison,Toni
AU  - Smith,Zadie
TI  - The measure of our lives: a gathering of wisdom 
SN  - 9780525659297
AV  - PS3563.O8749 M67 2019
U1  - 813/.54 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Morrison, Toni
KW  - Self-actualization (Psychology)
KW  - Quotations
KW  - American literature
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures
KW  - LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / African American
KW  - REFERENCE / Quotations
N1  - "A version of the foreword first appeared as "Daughters of Toni: A Remembrance" by Zadie Smith in PEN America as part of "Tribute to Toni Morrision (1931-2019)" on August 7, 2019." -- Title page verso; P.B
N2  - "This inspirational book juxtaposes quotations, one to a page, drawn from Toni Morrison's entire body of work, both fiction and nonfiction--from The Bluest Eye to God Help the Child, from Playing in the Dark to The Source of Self-Regard--to tell a story of self-actualization. It aims to evoke the totality of Toni Morrison's literary vision. Its sequence of flashes of revelation--remarkable for their linguistic felicity, keenness of psychological observation, and philosophical profundity--addresses issues of abiding interest in Morrison's work: the reach of language for the ineffable; transcendence through imagination; the self and its discontents; the vicissitudes of love; the whirligig of memory; the singular power of women; the original American sin of slavery; the bankruptcy of racial oppression; the humanity and art of black people"--
ER  -