<span><span><span>Toni Morrison’s wooded and verdant clearing, a central trope in her novel </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Beloved, </span><span>is the model for </span><span style="font-style:italic;">Toni Morrison: Forty Years in The Clearing.</span><span> This book attempts to reproduce the character and spirit of Morrison’s metaphorical terrain by </span><span>offering readers the first interdisciplinary overview of Morrison’s artistry, broadly-writ. The collection is a distinctive review, examination, and (re)discovery of Morrison’s work and cultural impacts as defined by emerging and acclaimed artists, scholars, and public figures.</span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span><br /></span>