amy: we want to thank you, sinan antoon, for being with us.oet, novelist, translator, and scholar born and raised in baghdad. he's an associate professor at new york university. his most recent novel, "the book of collateral damage." when we come back, we look at the life and legacy of toni morrison. last week literary luminary, social leaders from around the country gathered in new york cathedral of st. john the divine, to honor her including oprah winfrey. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we want to turn to the incredible legacy of toni morrison. last week literary social leaders gathered at thee cathedral of st.t. john the dive in manhattan to honor morrison, one of thehe nation's most influence all writers. she died in august at the age of 88 from complications of pneumonia. in 1993, she became the first african-american woman to receive the nobel prize for literature. she also won a pulitzer prize in 1988 per classic work "beloved." onh of her writing focused the black fe