I’m recommending this for any and all fans of Toni Morrison. This collection provides so much insight on how she crafted her characters and developed her stories. There are discussions about her time as an editor which I found very interesting.

It was a bit repetitive at times and more than a few times, Ms. Toni just went completely over my head. I’d specifically like to take a class on her essay, Grendel and His Mother, as well as the titular paper, The Source of Self-Regard, because I don’t always find her work to be the best to study, autodidactically. 

If it was ever not clear to me before, it’s undeniable here, Toni Morrison was a treasure to the literary world and we are all better for her having embraced her gift as a writer. 

Thank you to Vintage Books for the gifted copy!