![]() ![]() |a Includes bibliographical references (-354) and index. |a The source of self-regard : |b selected essays, speeches, and meditations / |c Toni Morrison. ![]() |b Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 |n SAN 201-3975 ![]() In all, The Source of Self-Regard is a luminous and essential addition to Toni Morrison's oeuvre. And here too is piercing commentary on her own work (including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, and Paradise) and that of others, among them, painter and collagist Romare Bearden, author Toni Cade Bambara, and theater director Peter Sellars. She looks at enduring matters of culture: the role of the artist in society, the literary imagination, the Afro-American presence in American literature, and in her Nobel lecture, the power of language itself. In the writings and speeches included here, Morrison takes on contested social issues: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, "black matter(s)," and human rights. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11 the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. ![]() Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace Adult Non-Fiction Hamden/Brundage Community Adult Nonfiction ![]()
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