ABC Evening News for Friday, Oct 08, 1993
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Nobel Prize for Literature winner black American writer Toni Morrison profiled. [MORRISON - reacts to winning the prize; reads from her latest book, "Jazz"; talks about writing about the black experience.] Morrison's background reviewed; photos shown. The stories in two of her novels detailed. [Princeton University professor Arnold RAMPERSAD - praises Morrison's work.] [In New York bookstore, WOMAN, novelist Kelvin Christopher JAMES - talk about Morrison's message.] "New York Times" editorial praising Morrison quoted.
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