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Podcast: Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America
Episode: 225 | Dr. Dana Williams discusses her new book about Toni Morrison
Description:  In this compelling episode, we sit down with literary scholar and author Dana A. Williams to explore her new book, Toni at Random. Best known as a Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Toni Morrison also spent over a decade as a formidable editor at Random House—amplifying Black voices, shaping cultural memory, and changing the face of American publishing. Williams reveals how Morrison championed iconic figures like Angela Davis, Muhammad Ali, and Toni Cade Bambara, and how her behind-the-scenes work helped lay the foundation for a more inclusive literary canon. Tweet us at @podcastcolors. Check out our partner program on inter...