{"product_id":"source-of-self-regard-selected-speeches-essays-and-meditations-toni-morrison","title":"The Source of Self-Regard, Toni Morrison","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard\u003cspan\u003e is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd here too is piercing commentary on her own work (including \u003c\/span\u003eThe Bluest Eye, Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Beloved, and Paradise)\u003cspan\u003e and that of others, among them, painter and collagist Romare Bearden, author Toni Cade Bambara, and theater director Peter Sellars. In all, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard\u003cspan\u003e is a luminous and essential addition to Toni Morrison's oeuvre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.7\" H x 9.3\" L x 6.2\" W, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e368 pages. hardcover. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40586024911023,"sku":"9780525521037","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/products\/1W6A9196.jpg?v=1632175223","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/source-of-self-regard-selected-speeches-essays-and-meditations-toni-morrison","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}