Extra: Remembering Toni Morrison

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen

PRX

Arts

4.6 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Toni Morrison, the author of books including “Beloved” and “Song of Solomon,” died on August 5 at the age of 88. Her novels won the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize, and in 2012, Barack Obama awarded her a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Morrison’s work inspired countless readers … and writers, like “New Yorker” critic Hilton Als.When Als guest hosted Studio 360 in 2014, Toni Morrison was his first choice of interviewee. They spoke at Morrison’s home about her writerly habits and why, at age 39, she decided to become a novelist.

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0:00.0	from PRX.
0:07.4	I'm Kurt Anderson, and this is the Studio 360 podcast.
0:15.9	This is Evan Chung from Studio 360.
0:19.4	Tony Morrison, the author of books including beloved and
0:23.1	Song of Solomon, died on Monday, August 5th, at the age of 88. Tony Morrison's novels won her
0:30.1	the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. And in 2012, Barack Obama awarded her a presidential
0:37.2	Medal of Freedom.
0:39.0	Her work inspired countless readers and writers, like Hilton Alls, the New Yorker critic.
0:45.5	When Hilton guest-hosted Studio 360 in 2014, Tony Morrison was his first choice of interviewee.
0:52.7	They spoke at Morrison's home,
0:54.6	and she started by telling him
0:56.1	about her writerly habits.
1:02.2	I recently, I've been sleeping a little late,
1:04.8	like 7.30.
1:06.0	That's late for you.
1:07.1	Because you're up at 4 years later.
1:08.4	I'll get up before the light.
1:10.5	I want to be there with it.
1:13.1	So that's, depending on the season. And then I can work. I'm really smart in the morning, you know. You caught me at the edge.
1:20.7	I'm slowing down now getting dumb and stupid and forget.
1:24.7	But you work, you still work in the morning.
1:26.8	Very much so.
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