Toni Morrison on Writing

A Conversation with Toni Morrison

By Pam Houston
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the July 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison discusses those times when a writer is able to enter that fluid space of inspiration where one good line keeps following another, and describes ways those moments of grace manifest, both on the page and in her life.

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