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‘Recitatif’ by Toni Morrison

May-Lan Tan

“We sat on the ground and breathed. Lady Esther. Apple blossoms. I still go soft when I smell one or the other”

First published in Confirmation: An Anthology of African American Women (Morrow, 1983). Read online

November 17, 2017December 10, 2017 Jonathan GibbsToni MorrisonLeave a comment

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