33K views · 208 reactions | Examine the life of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison, and the powerful themes she confronted throughout her literary career. | American Masters | Facebook

"If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." Remembering one of the most powerful and distinguished storytellers of our time: Toni Morrison. Morrison became the first African American woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize when she received the literature prize in 1993. #NobelPrize | Nobel Prize

133K views · 223 reactions | We remember the late Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison with this excerpt of her speaking candidly from the 1977 program “The Originals – The Writer in America.” Watch the full episode here: https://to.pbs.org/2M3VcKn. | American Masters | Facebook