By Tiffany Pennamon
“Anything can happen in art. There are no boundaries there. Having to do it, or having to prove that I can do it, is what was embarrassing, or insulting.” — Toni Morrison
I am forever guided by the life, wisdom, and ancestral spirit of Toni Morrison, one of the greatest authors and literary critics to ever walk this Earth. Here is a remarkable interview where she discusses her writing responsibility as an African American, her learning from African and Afro-Caribbean writers, her “sovereignty as a racialized person,” and why it is okay for Black writers to write specifically to and for other Black people.