The Dancing Mind: Speech upon Acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished C ontribution to American Letters - Hardcover

Toni Morrison

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 037540032X ISBN 13: 9780375400322

Publisher: Knopf, 1996

Synopsis

On the occasion of her acceptance of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters on the sixth of November, 1996, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison speaks with brevity and passion to the pleasures, the difficulties, the necessities, of the reading/writing life in our time.

About this title

About the Author:

Toni Morrison is the Robert F. Goheen Professor of Humanities at Princeton University. She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. She lives in Rockland County, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey.

From AudioFile:

Toni Morrison calls the engagement of an open mind with another open mind "the peace of the dancing mind." Honored by the National Book Foundation last fall, Morrison gave this ten-minute acceptance speech. Beautifully crafted and delivered with Morrison's quiet grace, the recording is an inspiring gem. Morrison creates the feeling of intimacy while delivering a universal message to writers and lovers of literature and reading. Kudos to Random House AudioBooks for taking the opportunity to publish this program. Preserving and offering these wonderful comments to a broad audience is a bright light of innovation for spoken-word recordings. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 037540032X
• ISBN 13: 9780375400322
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24