{"product_id":"2940169153361","title":"The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection amp;mdash; a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard\u003c\/i\u003e is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: The first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9\/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King, Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the writings and speeches included here, Morrison takes on contested social issues: the foreigner, female empowerment, the press, money, \"black matter(s)\", and human rights. She looks at enduring matters of culture: the role of the artist in society, the literary imagination, the Afro-American presence in American literature, and in her Nobel lecture, the power of language itself. And here, too, is piercing commentary on her own work (including \u003ci\u003eThe Bluest Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSula\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTar Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJazz\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e) and that of others, among them, painter and collagist Romare Bearden, author Toni Cade Bambara, and theater director Peter Sellars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all, \u003ci\u003eThe Source of Self-Regard\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous and essential addition to Toni Morrison's oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123131662576,"sku":"2940169153361","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169153361_p0.jpg?v=1763673954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169153361","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}