Toni Morrison's 1993 Nobel Prize lecture remains a gorgeous, astonishing microcosm of her worldview, but also her craft as a storyteller
Toni Morrison in 1993. Photo: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images As we mourn the death of author and cultural titan Toni Morrison, one quote has been used repeatedly to summarize her legacy and her worldview. “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
Morrison’s lines about death and language are beautiful on their own, but they’re part of a much longer, more nuanced story Morrison sketches over the course of the speech. She begins with a folk story about an old blind woman known for her wisdom. In Morrison’s telling, the woman is approached by a group of children, who tell her that they’re holding a bird in their hands. “‘Is the bird I am holding living or dead?’” one child asks the woman.
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