Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations by Toni Morrison

Mouth Full of Blood: Essays, Speeches, Meditations by Toni MorrisonShe was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth teller. She was a magician with language, who understood the power of words. Oprah WinfreyA vital non fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered American writersSpanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us. They are concerned with race, gender and globalisation. The sweep of American history and the current state of politics. The duty of

' Harold Hobson

each night in his private fantasies

to have the courage to be different and to master the fear that prevents us from truly living

not politically correct

good or evil

'To create today is to create dangerously'Camus argues passionately that the artist has a responsibility to challenge

in a variety of environments and scenarios

Yunjae retreats into silent isolation

In a time of deepening battles over what knowledge and truth mean

Two of the five

he reveals the innermost essence of this

he brings history to life with cogent analyses of some of the greatest strategic issues of recent times and reveals how