Creatives And More React To Toni Morrison’s Death
As we previously reported, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died on Monday night due to complications from pneumonia.
The critically acclaimed novelist, essayist, editor, and professor was 88-years-old.
Many creatives, artists, writers, journalists, and more took to social media to honor and mourn the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize, winner.
Take a look at some of the reactions to Morrison’s death below.
I cannot write or edit a new story about Toni Morrison today. Sometimes, we just need a moment to breathe, grieve, and cry. Sometimes, the work and the world needs to stop. If you’ve pitched me about Toni, please know I will respond. Just not today. 🌹
— Evette Dionne (@freeblackgirl) August 6, 2019
This is my favorite quote from Ms Toni Morrison, a call to action from decades ago that crystallizes so much of what the work is today. pic.twitter.com/lnV69Vbj7U
— Daniel José Older (@djolder) August 6, 2019
Toni Morrison was a national treasure, as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page. Her writing was a beautiful, meaningful challenge to our conscience and our moral imagination. What a gift to breathe the same air as her, if only for a while. pic.twitter.com/JG7Jgu4p9t
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/nhannahjones/status/1158738516005797893
“When u get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
— #blkcreatives netwrk🏁 (@blkcreatives) August 6, 2019
Rest in Power Toni Morrison. Forever in our hearts. pic.twitter.com/sBgyMInX6G
https://twitter.com/Moore_Darnell/status/1158743690501906433
We celebrate you forever and always! Rest peaceful Ms. Morrison 🖤 pic.twitter.com/EqzVbd5ZsB
— Noname Book Club (@NonameBooks) August 6, 2019
Toni Morrison's writings changed the world before we knew we needed them. She wove us through Blackness and being with ancestral mastery like no other writer, thinker, scholar, or intellectual ever has.
— Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (they/them) (@JennMJacksonPhD) August 6, 2019
Morrison is our muse and teacher.
This loss. My God. It hurts. pic.twitter.com/Zz2i4db0w1
"...just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else."
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) August 6, 2019
~Toni Morrison pic.twitter.com/rK682fXw1W
TONIGHT - For folks in Brooklyn, #WellReadBlackGirl is hosting a vigil & reading for Toni Morrison at @odetobabel. @guidetoglo will be there w/ @carlawaslike, @RhetoricAndThis, & many more who loved Morrison.
— Well-Read Black Girl Festival ™ (@wellreadblkgirl) August 6, 2019
Come thru for fellowship ❤️
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Toni Morrison was a world-class human being. Her words stirred our souls & challenged our consciences to confront injustice, large or small, wherever it exists. How blessed we are that she gave us her gifts. Hillary and I are grateful for her life and the kindness she showed us. pic.twitter.com/ZCSPFCma1F
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) August 6, 2019
You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
— Regina Kenney (@Regina_Kenney) August 6, 2019
- Toni Morrison, 'Song of Solomon'#RIP #Literature pic.twitter.com/2rK4mjiAfD
https://twitter.com/hystericalblkns/status/1158802169803489280
7. @Oprah’s first words on the passing of of her friend and mentor Toni Morrison:
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 6, 2019
“...She was our conscience. Our seer. Our truth-teller. She was a magician with language, who understood the Power of words. She used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us...” pic.twitter.com/HSl7S4p6vt
https://twitter.com/MamoudouNDiaye/status/1158798911437512705
The world just lost an incredible soul. Rest in peace, Toni Morrison. pic.twitter.com/30w6yt8Dkc
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/RuffneckRefugee/status/1158785335955984384
And this from Angela Davis on how Toni Morrison persuaded her to write an autobiography at age 26. #RIPToniMorrison 📷 Jill Krementz pic.twitter.com/BGJ8n2zIlZ
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) August 6, 2019
The best way to honour Toni Morrison is to continue her legacy by celebrating and supporting Black female writers. So here’s a thread of fantastic women whose work you should read.
— Claire (@ClaireShrugged) August 6, 2019
"If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it."
— Nope. (@JoyAnnReid) August 6, 2019
Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon pic.twitter.com/QlJ3zB3rUK
https://twitter.com/paulocoelho/status/1158778532056764416
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 6, 2019
Holding all those touched by Toni Morrison in my heart today. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2jkAvtaErK
