Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture
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"She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service, even withheld from her for certain nefarious purposes. Being a writer she thinks of language partly as a system, partly as a living thing over which one has control, but mostly as agency - as an act with consequences. "
-Toni Morrison
This speech was delivered December 7, 1993.
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girijad83, March 26, 2006
Reviewer: girijad83
from India
This podcast is the speech given by legendary fiction writer Toni Morrison on receiving her Nobel Prize. Toni starts by telling how fiction has never been an entertainment for her, rather, it has been the work she’s done most of her adult life. She then starts off with a story that starts with “Once upon a time…”
The story is long and is about an old, blind, wise woman. It goes on about how she is mocked at by being asked whether a bird that she can’t see is alive or dead. The story revolves around this theme.
It’s a touching story, highly touching speech. A must listen to for everyone. The audio quality starts of really good but loses out a bit later. However, it is still clearly audible.
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