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Toni Morrison Celebrates Eighty With Eloquence

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TONI MORRISON! Toni Morrison, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, editor, and educator celebrated her 80th Birthday February 18, 2011.  My first-born and newly married daughter Renita had the distinct honor of attending Ms. Morrison’s 80th birthday celebration last Friday evening at Madison Hall-Library … Continue reading

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Serendipity SOUL-Monday Open Thread

Wiki:  Esperanza Spalding (born October 18, 1984 in Portland, Oregon[1]) is an American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist and singer, who draws upon many genres in her own compositions.    Spalding grew up in the King neighborhood of Portland, … Continue reading

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