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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations (2019)

de Toni Morrison

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The source of self-regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. In the writings and speeches included here, Morrison takes on contested social issues: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, "black matter(s)," and human rights. She looks at enduring matters of culture: the role of the artist in society, the literary imagination, the Afro-American presence in American literature, and in her Nobel lecture, the power of language itself. And here too is piercing commentary on her own work (including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, and Paradise) and that of others, among them, painter and collagist Romare Bearden, author Toni Cade Bambara, and theater director Peter Sellars. In all, The source of self-regard is a luminous and essential addition to Toni Morrison's oeuvre.… (mais)
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Well worth reading if you are a big Morrison fan. I particularly enjoyed the essays where she discusser's her own books, but there were also a handful of essays that were very heavy handed. And the themes were a bit repetitive. It's still a privilege to read her work. ( )
  Iudita | Jan 30, 2024 |
I'm skipping putting a rating on this one as the structure is really getting in the way of my enjoyment. I think I'm going to have to dip in and out of this one over time rather than read it as a collected work. I will definitely be turning to the Sources section before starting a piece to get an idea of when and where it originated. The higgly piggly, out of context arrangement is very hard for me to digest.
  sgwordy | Dec 31, 2022 |
Collection of Toni Morrison’s essays and speeches that sheds light on Morrison’s worldviews. For me the most impactful and emotionally evocative pieces are her eulogies and meditations, those written to and about people she desires to honor. She also closely examines her own novels, and I found several nuggets that helped me understand her body of work better. This book was much more academic and philosophical than expected, with her objectives sometimes obscured beneath elaborate language. Several essays are detailed examinations of literary writing and criticism. She explores themes in works of other authors. She comments on society. I was not really expecting or seeking an academic treatise. I can, however, strongly recommend her fiction, especially Sula, Song of Solomon, Beloved, Paradise, and A Mercy. I enjoyed this book, but I think her messages come through beautifully, and more powerfully, in her fiction. ( )
  Castlelass | Oct 30, 2022 |
This is the first book by Toni Morrison I've read and I'm sad it has taken me this long to experience her rich, beautiful, and eloquent prose. I look forward to adding the rest of her books to my life-long to-read list.
  UnruhlyS | Oct 26, 2022 |
So good!

I didn't really expect to like this book quite as much as I did. This is a collection of Toni Morrison's essays and speeches collected over the last 40-ish years.

I expected to see the role of race in literature - and she didn't disappoint!

But the subject matter also ranged through art, critiques and explanations of her own works, review/literary criticism of some classic literature (Moby Dick and Beowulf), her thoughts on being an author in America, and her thoughts on being an African American in America.

Three of the pieces really jumped out for me:
- Her full-hearted support for the National Endowment for the Arts.

- A review of Moby Dick through the lens of black slavery. Seriously, this was the first critique of that God Awful classic American novel I've ever seen. Almost made the high school death march assignment of this book worthwhile - just to have the context for Toni Morrison's review.

- The combined impact of her commencement speeches. The older I get, the more I appreciate good commencement speeches.

The selections are taken over time and (I assume) unedited. So there is a bit of repetition of themes and sometimes word for word text. But the overall effect was amazing. ( )
  sriddell | Aug 6, 2022 |
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The source of self-regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. In the writings and speeches included here, Morrison takes on contested social issues: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, "black matter(s)," and human rights. She looks at enduring matters of culture: the role of the artist in society, the literary imagination, the Afro-American presence in American literature, and in her Nobel lecture, the power of language itself. And here too is piercing commentary on her own work (including The Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, and Paradise) and that of others, among them, painter and collagist Romare Bearden, author Toni Cade Bambara, and theater director Peter Sellars. In all, The source of self-regard is a luminous and essential addition to Toni Morrison's oeuvre.

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