Have we been reading Toni Morrison all wrong?
In this episode of Fresh Air, host Tanya Mosley interviews Harvard professor and acclaimed novelist Namwali Serpell about her new critical work on Toni Morrison, exploring how Morrison’s literary genius—particularly her use of language, naming, humor, and narrative innovation—has been o
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