Category: Toni Morrison

African American Women’s Fiction and Murder: From Toni Morrison to Tracy Clark

Jan 22, 2025

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by

Heidi Darroch

in Toni Morrison, Tracy Clark

During the fall of 1999, I attended NYU as a visiting grad student in order to take African American literature–I believe we covered 1880 to 1960ish–with the newly hired, and ever so brilliant, Dr. Elizabeth McHenry. Every white grad student should have at least one similar immersion experience. We were the minority, and most of…