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Mentioned in 6 episodes

Jazz

Book • 1992
Jazz by Toni Morrison is a captivating novel that delves into the vibrant world of 1920s Harlem.

It weaves together the lives of its characters in a tale of love, betrayal, and the impact of the past on the present.

The story centers around Joe Trace, his wife Violet, and his young lover Dorcas, whose tragic fate sets off a chain of events that unravels the complexities of their lives.

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Mentioned in 6 episodes

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Jim Collins
to note Morrison published Jazz at age 61, illustrating late-career creativity.
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#856: Jim Collins — What to Make of a Life and How to Maximize Your Return on Luck
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Jim Collins
alongside Toni Morrison’s later work to show that major artistic accomplishment can continue after sixty.
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What To Do When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned | Jim Collins
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Blanche Vathonne
comme un album de collages de Matisse publié en France en 1947.
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Alexandra Schwartz
as an experimental, improvisational novel with a distinctive narrator and jazz-like narrative strategies.
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The Truth of Toni Morrison
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Andreas Zick
als Autor eines kleinen Reclamhefts über Jazz, um zu veranschaulichen, dass Kultur von Ungewissheit lebt.
Andreas Zick: Wie wir mit Unsicherheit umgehen können
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Wesley Morris
when recalling his experience reading the novel's opening line and its distinctive language.
Don't Make a Saint Out of Toni Morrison
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Namwali Serpell
as one of the Morrison novels she studied in college and later described as one of Morrison's most experimental works.
Difficulty Isn’t a Wall, It’s a Doorway
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Eric McDonnell
as a modern example of how prefaces function in books, describing editions with added prefaces.
Eric McDonnell, "The Formation of Psalms 1–3 and the Arrangement of the Hebrew Psalter" (Mohr Siebeck, 2026)
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Karel van Hees
als een boek van Ed van der Elsk met een waanzinnige vormgeving.
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