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Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Vintage International) "A masterwork... I can't imagine American literature without it" Sale: $18 to $2.99 by Toni Morrison Rating: 4.4/5 (20,045 Reviews) #Beloved #ToniMorrison #Literature #Classic #Fiction #History #BookSky

Beloved: Pulitzer Prize Winner...

The genius of fascism is that any political structure can host the virus and virtually any developed country can become a suitable home. Fascism talks ideology but it is really just marketing for power.
-- Toni Morrison (Racism and Fascism)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ToniMorrison #Fascism #Marketing #Politics #Power

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah

"A freedom struggle is being waged, and fascism feeds on silence."

Sherell Barbee introduces truths found in the work of Toni Morrison.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers

#Fascism #Censorship #ToniMorrison #Racism #BookReview

OBSERVATION: The March 15, 2026 edition of the Sunday New York Times had, as it always does, its magazine inside the Book Review section. And on this occasion, note the place in the Book Review featuring Toni Morrison, where the magazine was inserted and the cover of the magazine. Subliminal messaging, racism, mere coincidence, intentional, or all of the above? (This comes less than two months after Trump’s racism against the Obamas.)

You be the judge.

#tonimorrison #nytimes

Namwali Serpell On Understanding Toni Morrison The Author, Not The Icon

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/namwali-serpell-on-understanding-toni-morrison-the-author-not-the-icon

Oggi su Giallo e Cucina per la rubrica che condivido con l'amico Dario Brunetti, - Alla ricerca del libro perduto - propongo la mia recensione di "L'occhio più azzurro" di Toni Morrison, Sperling&Kupfer ed.
#lemierecensioni #LocchioPiuAzzurro #ToniMorrison #UnoLibri #Bookwyrm #GialloeCucina #ARLP #AllaRicercaDelLibroPerduto
https://gialloecucina.com/rubriche_originali/locchio-piu-azzurro/

Five stars:

On Morrison by Namwali Serpell (2026) is an in depth look at Toni Morrison's life and career as an author through in depth analyses of her books.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2026/comments_03/on_morrison.html

#bookstodon
@bookstodon #nonfiction #ToniMorrison

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒏: 𝑻𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 13𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕

The Omelas basement has a physical address in America.
We use Toni Morrison's book 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬 to interrogate the 13th Amendment and the 'Hideous Bargain" of mass incarceration.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/morrison-and-the-13th-amendment/

#podcast #literature #books 13th #avaduvernay #tonimorrison #playinginthedark #recitatif #13thism #americanlit

The Truth of Toni Morrison

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/the-truth-of-toni-morrison

The Truth of Toni Morrison

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/the-truth-of-toni-morrison

The Truth of Toni Morrison

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/the-truth-of-toni-morrison

The Truth of Toni Morrison

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The Truth of Toni Morrison

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/critics-at-large/the-truth-of-toni-morrison

Born this day: 02/18/1931 (d. 08/05/2019)
Toni Morrison was a Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose work explored Black American life with lyrical intensity. Her novels, including "Beloved," "Song of Solomon," and "The Bluest Eye," redefined the American literary canon, fusing mythic resonance with psychological realism to confront the inherited trauma of slavery and memory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Morrison

#Literature #books #bookstodon #coverart #ToniMorrison
@books

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Happy birthday to #ToniMorrison, acclaimed novelist and the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In 1990, Morrison sat down with #BillMoyers on “A World of Ideas” to discuss literature, life, and love.

Watch the full interview in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-d3ceb8f9079

#BlackHistoryMonth #ToniMorrison

‘She dared to be difficult’: How Toni Morrison shaped the way we think
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/feb/15/she-dared-to-be-difficult-how-toni-morrison-shaped-the-way-we-think?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#ToniMorrison

Sula: A Novel “You can’t make somebody else. I want to make myself.” Sale: $17.00 to $7.99 by Toni Morrison Rating: 4.5/5 (6,007 Reviews) #Sula #ToniMorrison #Literature #Fiction #Black #Literature #WomensFiction #BookSky

Sula: A Novel

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

Literary Hub » Toni Morrison on What Flannery O’Connor’s Short Fiction Reveals About Race in America
https://lithub.com/toni-morrison-on-what-flannery-oconnors-short-fiction-reveals-about-race-in-america/
#ToniMorrison
#FlanneryO_Connor

What's on your reading list for 2026? Here's LitHub's list of all the books to look forward to, including works from Ibram X. Kendi and Jeanette Winterson, the long-awaited third novel from Min Jin Lee, and a new collection of Toni Morrison's Princeton lectures on Black characters in American literature.

https://flip.it/UKOWNi

#Books #Bookstodon #Literature #Fiction #NonFiction #ToniMorrison

Fascism talks ideology, but it is really just marketing—marketing for power. It is recognizable by its need to purge, by the strategies it uses to purge, and by its terror of truly democratic agendas. It is recognizable by its determination to convert all public services to private entrepreneurship, all nonprofit organizations to profit-making ones—so that the narrow but protective chasm between governance and business disappears... ― #ToniMorrison #BlackHistory

It changes citizens into taxpayers—so individuals become angry at even the notion of the public good. It changes neighbors into consumers—so the measure of our value as humans is not our humanity or our compassion or our generosity but what we own. It changes parenting into panicking—so that we vote against the interests of our own children; against their health care, their education, their safety from weapons... ― #ToniMorrison #BlackHistory

And in effecting these changes it produces the perfect capitalist, one who is willing to kill a human being for a product (a pair of sneakers, a jacket, a car) or kill generations for control of products (oil, drugs, fruit, gold). ― #ToniMorrison #BlackHistory

"The forces interested in fascist solutions to national problems are not to be found in one political party or another, or in one or another wing of any single political party.

... the genius of fascism is that any political structure can host the virus and virtually any developed country can become a suitable home. Fascism talks ideology, but it is really just marketing — marketing for power."

#ToniMorrison, 1995

https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers

(1/?)

#fascism

"I’m not a victim. I refuse to be one… if you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is that white people have a very, very serious problem and they should start thinking about what they can do about it. Take me out of it." – #ToniMorrison #BlackHistory

Song of Solomon: A Novel (Vintage International) Reprint Edition, Kindle Edition “It was becoming a habit—this concentration on things behind him” Sale: $17 to $1.99 by Toni Morrison Rating: 4.6/5 (5,724 Reviews) #LiteraryFiction #BlackLiterature #ComingOfAge #ToniMorrison #Books #BookSky

Song of Solomon: A Novel (Vint...

#ToniMorrison #work

"The Work You Do, the Person You Are

The pleasure of being necessary to my parents was profound. I was not like the children in folktales: burdensome mouths to feed.

(. . .)

Part of my pride in working for Her was earning money I could squander: on movies, candy, paddleballs, jacks, ice-cream cones. But a larger part of my pride was based on the fact that I gave half my wages to my mother, which meant that some of my earnings were used for real things—an insurance-policy payment or what was owed to the milkman or the iceman. The pleasure of being necessary to my parents was profound. I was not like the children in folktales: burdensome mouths to feed, nuisances to be corrected, problems so severe that they were abandoned to the forest. I had a status that doing routine chores in my house did not provide—and it earned me a slow smile, an approving nod from an adult. Confirmations that I was adultlike, not childlike.

In those days, the forties, children were not just loved or liked; they were needed. They could earn money; they could care for children younger than themselves; they could work the farm, take care of the herd, run errands, and much more. I suspect that children aren’t needed in that way now. They are loved, doted on, protected, and helped. Fine, and yet . . ."

https://archive.ph/rT08V#selection-471.0-483.362

The genius of fascism is that any political structure can host the virus and virtually any developed country can become a suitable home. Fascism talks ideology but it is really just marketing for power.
-- Toni Morrison (Racism and Fascism)

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ToniMorrison #Fascism #Marketing #Politics #Power

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #WhiteRimTrail #Canyonlands #Utah

@tzimmer_history Thank you for making available this English version for those of us whose rudimentary German is inadequate for the Die Zeit essay. Here is an analysis of Vought’s policies and actions which jibe well with DT resentment towards American culture neither understand nor respect.
#RussellVought #funk #SpanishCivilWar #WhiteSupremacy #CarlosSantana #JamesBaldwin #PrestonSingletary #ToniMorrison #LeslieMarmonSilko

https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/115236759756855909

Toni at Random by Dana A Williams review – the editorial years of a literary great https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/15/toni-at-random-by-dana-a-williams-review-the-editorial-years-of-a-literary-great #Journalismbooks #ToniMorrison #RandomHouse #Publishing #Culture #Books

Toni at Random by Dana A Williams review – the editorial years of a literary great https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/15/toni-at-random-by-dana-a-williams-review-the-editorial-years-of-a-literary-great #Journalismbooks #ToniMorrison #RandomHouse #Publishing #Culture #Books

"Troubling Late #Modernism" by Doug Battersby analyses how #postwarnovel|s by #Nabokov, #SamuelBeckett, #ToniMorrison, #JohnBanville, #Coetzee & #EimearMcBride exploit & extend #modernist forms of narration, esp. at the opposition of #ethics & emotion

#ModernistLiterature #LiteraryStudies

"Troubling Late #Modernism" by Doug Battersby analyses how #postwarnovel|s by #Nabokov, #SamuelBeckett, #ToniMorrison, #JohnBanville, #Coetzee & #EimearMcBride exploit & extend #modernist forms of narration, esp. at the opposition of #ethics & emotion

#ModernistLiterature #LiteraryStudies

"Troubling Late #Modernism" by Doug Battersby analyses how #postwarnovel|s by #Nabokov, #SamuelBeckett, #ToniMorrison, #JohnBanville, #Coetzee & #EimearMcBride exploit & extend #modernist forms of narration, esp. at the opposition of #ethics & emotion

#ModernistLiterature #LiteraryStudies

Some of my must-read books for #BlackHistoryMonth.

#PercivalEverett: JAMES and The Trees
#JasonMott: Hell of a Book
#ToniMorrison: Beloved
#MauriceCarlosRuffin: We Cast a Shadow
#SolomonNorthup: 12 Years A Slave
#HarrietJacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
#RalphEllison: Invisible Man
#DanzySenna: Colored Television

#LitStudies
#Books

Some of my must-read books for #BlackHistoryMonth.

#PercivalEverett: JAMES and The Trees
#JasonMott: Hell of a Book
#ToniMorrison: Beloved
#MauriceCarlosRuffin: We Cast a Shadow
#SolomonNorthup: 12 Years A Slave
#HarrietJacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
#RalphEllison: Invisible Man
#DanzySenna: Colored Television

#LitStudies
#Books

Some of my must-read books for #BlackHistoryMonth.

#PercivalEverett: JAMES and The Trees
#JasonMott: Hell of a Book
#ToniMorrison: Beloved
#MauriceCarlosRuffin: We Cast a Shadow
#SolomonNorthup: 12 Years A Slave
#HarrietJacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
#RalphEllison: Invisible Man
#DanzySenna: Colored Television

#LitStudies
#Books

Some of my must-read books for #BlackHistoryMonth.

#PercivalEverett: JAMES and The Trees
#JasonMott: Hell of a Book
#ToniMorrison: Beloved
#MauriceCarlosRuffin: We Cast a Shadow
#SolomonNorthup: 12 Years A Slave
#HarrietJacobs: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
#RalphEllison: Invisible Man
#DanzySenna: Colored Television

#LitStudies
#Books

#BlackHistoryMonth at #WMPG

Posted February 2, 2023 by Annella Linton

"Our University of Southern Maine (USM) students and DJ’s are honoring Black History Month at WMPG. This year’s theme is #BlackResistance. You will hear specially curated playlists from DJ’s. Our students are producing audio which will highlight achievements and contributions, including #PreColonial history plus profiles of contemporary figures recognizing people from politics, education, pop culture, sports and other areas. Featuring stories about #ATribeCalledQuest, #Beyonce, #OtisRedding, #JamesBaldwin, #ToniMorrison, #BadBrains, and #RobertLewis."

Link to embedded audio:
https://www.wmpg.org/black-history-month-at-wmpg/
#BlackHistory #BlackMusicians #BlackHistoricalFigures #WMPGFM #CommunityRadio

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲” 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 -

Morrison's tangled examination of violence, misogyny, race purity, and myth-building is at once hyperlocal and expansively human, revealing at our hearts a terrifying mass of uncertainties.

#bookreviews #books #bookworm #readreadread #3words #tonimorrison #paradise #womensliterature #blackliterature #historicalfictionlovers

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism

#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism