These catch-alls are a decorative way to hold hand towels for guests
seeing a young black woman out late with a white child
not microwaved ramen and questionable stamina
Aromatic Green Tea Leaves tantalize and awaken the senses
and the tragedy that lies in the clash between the stories we tell and the reality of life on the ground
Toni Morrison's Spiritual Vision: Faith, Folktales, and Feminism in Her Life and Literature Faire These catch-alls are a decorativeWhen Toni Morrison died in August 2019, she was widely remembered for her contributions to literature as an African American woman, an identity she wore proudly. Morrison was clear that she wrote from a Black, female perspective and for others who shared her identity. But just as much as she was an African American writer, Toni Morrison was a woman of faith. Morrison filled her novels with biblical allusions, magic, folktales, and liberated women,