Episode 368: Black History Month Best of: Dana Williams Recounts Impact of Toni Morrison on Black Writers As Editor
In celebration of Black History Month, we're reposting Diverse Voices Book Review host Hopeton Hay's interview with Dana A. Williams, author of TONI AT RANDOM: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship. It was was originally posted on July 3, 2025.
In the interview, Dr. Williams discussed Toni Morrison's path to becoming a book editor, some of the Black writers she edited at Random House including Angela Davis and Toni Cade Bambara, and what inspired her to write the book.Dana A. Williams is Professor of African American Literature in the Department of English and Dean of the Graduate School…
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