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Radio 4,09 Nov 2008,30 mins

Toni Morrison

Open Book

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Toni Morrison Mariella Frostrup talks to the Nobel laureate Toni Morrison as she publishes A Mercy, her first novel for five years. Speaking in depth about her life and work, Morrison reflects on her forty-year career as a writer, her unwilling role as a spokesperson for black America, and the likely impact of Barack Obama's election victory.

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