Toni Morrison on Reading

The Reader As Artist

By Toni Morrison
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the July 2006 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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The words on the page are only half the story, says Toni Morrison. The rest is what you bring to the party.

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