How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing

25/06/2025 16 min
How Toni Morrison Changed Publishing

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Episode Synopsis

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

By Clint Smith

From the ⁠⁠⁠August 2025 issue⁠⁠⁠.

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