TONI AT RANDOM The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship

This deeply researched biography of the iconic American author Toni Morrison explores the significance of her editorial role at Random House Publishing, where she shepherded the careers of many Black writers. It's a lesser known part of Morrison's remarkable career, but it influenced American literature from the 1970s onward. Howard University Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of English Dana A. Williams has an academic writing style that is enlivened by narrator Deanna Anthony's affable tone and vocal warmth. Anthony's upbeat yet measured approach makes Williams's multi-clause sentences and conceptually layered paragraphs more accessible. Occasional mispronunciations are startling but do not detract from an informative audiobook. A.C.S. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2025]