A remarkable thing: proof that Toni Morrison is at once America’s most deliberate and flexible writer. . . Toni Morrison, who was then an editor at Random House, was The Black Book ' s uncredited compiler, and a poem by her appeared on the book's slipcover. Yet, firm as they both were in achievement and promise, they didn’t fully forecast her new book, Song of Solomon. . . It lacks the many fascinating, well-developed characters in her other books, and it lacks the magical and lyrical backdrop that she is so famous for, but what it doesn't lack is its brilliance. “Toni Morrison’s first two books—The Bluest Eye with the purity of its terrors and Sula with its dense poetry and the depth of its probing into a small circle of lives—were strong novels. She has almost entirely retooled her style to tell a story that demands speed, brevity, the treat of a looming curtain call. Admittedly It took me a bit of time to get into this book. Book one in the Toni Morrison trilogy. "Home" by Toni Morrison lacks the amazing and breathtaking descriptions in so many of her other books. . “A short, swift, and luminescent book. Morrison said it was important to include documents such as patents to demonstrate that African Americans were … Beloved by Toni Morrison 1931 - 2019. Though once I got the gist of the lingo and the "tongue" in my head, it was a joy to read and difficult to put the book down. .