toni morrison came to oklahoma to do research for her novel one of the things she said that struck her about the state was the fact that it was much more rushed that she had expected. a lot of times it is interesting to people caused us to change course of history. jim lehrer wrote a really funny satire about oklahoma politics. the marring the fact that there was not a a crown on the oklahoma capitol. if you look at the picture here you can see that sure enough we have a dome now command many people credit jim. we divided by genre because oklahoma has extraordinary genres. literary novelists playwrights. but beyond that we also have some personal artifacts just so people can understand that these writers are not from faraway literary figures but real people with real needs. for example, needs. for example, we have some of se hinton's artifacts on display. she created she created the genre of young adult literature when she was 16 years old. the amazing irony is she get a dnr creative writing class but we have her riding helmet. she helmet. she loves to ride horses. she collects bronze

when toni morrison came to oklahoma to do research for her novel one of the things she said that struck her about this tape was the fact that it was much more lush than she had made. a lot of times it is interesting to people that i've written about oklahoma have actually caused this change course in our history. jim lehrer wrote a really funny satire about oklahoma politics denoting the fact that there wasn't a crown on the oklahoma capital. if you look at the picture here you can see sure enough we have a dome now. many people credited with getting a kick started. exhibits consist of the narrative. we divided up by genre because oklahoma is an extraordinary genre flick journalists, memoirists historian, literary novelists, playwrights. beyond that, we also have some personal artifacts just so people can understand that these writers are some faraway literary figures. they are real people with real names. for example, we have some of s. e. hinton's artifacts on display. she of course created the genre of young adult literature when she was 16 years old and rusty outsiders. the amazing

>> and author who tony morrison. >> i'm bothered by that a little bit. >> i think it's great.he's been a trailblazer, teej. >> you didn't notice you called her miss twiggy? you just kept going. i'm on a roll, t.j. don't stop me. >> oh my goodness. let me sip my coffee. >> this next story is, i don't know if it's necessary if it's sad. if it's just what we need. the selfie sticks, have you seen these? we've got an updated version of the selfie stick. this is supposed to, yes, you're looking at that right, reena. that's a selfie arm. what you're supposed to do is put your phone at the end of this thing and you take a selfie. if you're standing and somebody sees you do this, you look ridiculous, of course. but when you post the picture, it's supposed to look like you're actually holding someone's hand while they're taking a picture. you see the idea here? >> i get it but i think it's really odd. this reminds me of lurch from the adams family. that's like lurch's hand. ♪ >> because his sleeves are rolled up short, right but it's supposed to make you look not so pathetic like you'r

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along with former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor tony morrison and miss piggy enter the ranksremony because they believe that she has done a lot of trail blazing in her 40 years with determination and humor inspiring generations worldwide. miss piggy tweeting this out. >> miss piggy. >> finally getting a award. i'm so excited. eat your heart out, meryl. >> that's a little bit. >> are you telling me miss piggy has won the same award as a supreme court justice. >> and author who tony morrison. >> i'm bothered by that a little bit. >> i think it's great. she's been a trailblazer, teej. >> you didn't notice you called her miss twiggy? you just kept going. i'm on a roll t.j. don't stop me. >> oh my goodness. let me sip my coffee. >> this next story is i don't know if it's necessary if it's sad. if it's just what we need. the selfie sticks have you seen these? we've got an updated version of the selfie stick. this is supposed to, yes, you're looking at that right, reena. that's a selfie arm. what you're supposed to do is put your phone at the end of this thing and you take a selfie.

such a jesus loving free black man the way that malcolm was a free jewish man and the way that's toni morrison is a free black women woman routine in her particular brand of catholicism and literary genius. there is a connection between having their roots deep into being in the world but not of the world. and nor can have everything to do with it, just like myself. >> host: lets let's connect to the connection between christianity because that may not be obvious to everybody there. what do you mean? you talked about the improvisation that i think you mean something more than just improvisation. you talk about catastrophes that martin luther king anticipated it recognized. so how did he help him do they help him deal with catastrophe? >> guest: i think that we had to begin with ralph waldo emerson who said that it is a personal chronicle of an individual catastrophe lyrically express. >> every force that you can depend on. smile smile but betsy smith and the whole tradition is there meaning that we've talked to the world something about love even though we've been hated and despised like cotton

." >> tony krishna, toni morrison, langston hughes, kurt vonnegut, gore vidal. >> the first to publish baldwin. amy: in a minute, we will be joined by katrina vanden heuvel but first this is a clip from "hot type: 150 years of the nation" in which she talks about the magazine's early history with contributing writer d.d. guttenplan. the piece ends with the reading of a story that appeared in "the nation" in 1932. katrina: this is the essay i was telling you about, about "the nation's" future. it is from 1955 -- it says the nation must change. within the last 50 years one-third of daily newspapers have ceased publication. this is 1955. we sit here and think what is "the nation" role in this media landscape. >> in 1955, they were worried about being strangled by the red scare, and mccarthyism. people were afraid to get "the nation, and if you got the nation, the fbi probably put you on a list. "the nation grew out of the civil war. it was started by republican abolitionists who were concerned about the state of the freedom. we like to gloss over the first 50 years. "the nation" was again

joshua was a free jewish man the way toni morrison is a free black woman rooted in her own particular brand of catholicism and the literary genius that she manifests. there's a connection between having your spiritual rich and deep and being free, being in the world but not of the world. and for martin it had everything to do with jesus, just like myself create. >> host: left him back to the connection to christianity and the blues tradition because that may not be obvious to every listener. what do you mean a christian bluesman? you talked about improvisation but i think he needs -- mean something more than improvisation. you named for catastrophes that martin luther king anticipated and recognized to how does the blues help one deal with catastrophe? >> we have to begin with ralph waldo emerson who said luce's personal chronicle of an individual catastrophe lyrically expressed, where clay expressed. b.b. king said nobody loves me but my mama and she might be jibing too. that's a catastrophe. every force in the world and the cosmos against you and the one person you depend on could b

i get up at 6:30 and replay the voice of toni morrison.but i should add, spiritually and artistically beyoncÉ is not a reza. [applause] a shift has taken place spiritually and artistically that in the culture of superficial spectacle you can be a first rate entertainer like beyoncÉ but you are unable to stir the soul the way aretha luther van throw the jones girls girls, the hutchinson sisters and we want to get into the delphi makes and the whispers. because these are love warriors and not just entertainers. and that is crucial in terms of a younger generation waking up. what is the soundtrack of the ferguson moment? why do they go back to curtis mayfield? why do they go back to gil scott heron? because these are not just entertainers. why do they yearn for john coltrane's love supreme? that's not just a song. that's his soul vulnerability, honesty, decency. a willingness to touch souls, to be on fire for something bigger than oneself. now for those of us who are christian it's beloved community community, the kingdom of god. it's not a b

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. -- and toni morrison, a few hours to the west. and we're home to great art. cleveland is the home to the nasa designated great lakes science center. and one of the largest and best art museums not just in the united states but in the world the cleveland museum of art. in the early 1900's, midwest cities saw cultural explosions. cities were prospering. government and business leaders alike sought to harness that new wealth to build livable world-class cities. museums were established across the midwest, that's why cities like cincinnati and of course cleveland, cities that may not have been the nation's largest when you look at dayton young township and toledo but were cities that were prosperous, created great products, great wealth and had huge contributions to start these cultural centers. that's why ohio has -- is one of the leading states in the nation of locations for art for good art museums and pretty much all of our major cities. arm museums were status symbols, in many ways they were the sports arenas of the early 20th century. it was in climate the

but, you know, i -- as much as i, i'm a lover of tony morrison -- tony morrison there's no way that this work is possible without morrison's work and also her critical work "playing in the dark." i think that it's a false construction to act as if i am not interacting with white bodies all the time including my husband's. so, you know, that would be problematic. [laughter] so i -- but one can own the i and one does own the i relative to one's self. so i did want to do a kind of corrective around that. >> that's fascinating, and i read that -- i read an interview with lauren berlance and with her work on trauma a, and while i think the subject of the book is race, the subtext is trauma in that traumatic reexperiencing of these beliefs or these deeply unconsciously-held behaviors that aren acted on a -- are enacted on a daily basis. and early in the book i think it's the last section of the first micro-aggressions the character is going to visit a trauma counselor, a therapist. the image facing it is the really striking image of the hybrid girl/deer and the animal, the self as animal. and

as much as i love toni morrison there is no way that this work is possible without her critical work playing in the dark. i think it is a false construction to act as if i'm not interacting all the time including my husband so that would be problematic. [laughter] but one can own the eye and one does relative to one's self so i wanted to do kind of a corrective around that. >> that's fascinating and i read an interview with loren berlin and her work on trauma and while i think the subject of the book is grace and trauma and that traumatic experience in both the species committee is deeply unconsciously hold behaviors that are connected on a dalia basis and early in the book i think it is the last section is going to visit. the image facing it is the striking image of the hybrid girl dear and selfless animal and i wonder if you could talk about your study of trauma or relationship and i was also thinking about the book that had a lot of virginia woolf on ptsd. >> i think that it's to bring trauma and racism together in this way and it must be if it is an ongoing trauma. so if you coul

globe and tony award-nominated actor who's returning to broadway in a new musical called "finding neverland." performances begin april 15th at the lunt-fontanne theatre. please welcome matthew morrisonute pleasure. i'm such a fan. >> jimmy: no, i mean, please, right back at you. this is exciting because you started on broadway. and then you went over to "glee." and that became the biggest thing in the whole wide world. now you're back on broadway. how's it feel? >> i've been dreaming of this moment the past seven years. my last show was in 2 2008 doing "south pacific." you know, "glee" was awesome, had an incredible run there. but you know, i realized when i was there, that this was my home. this is the place i really thrive and where i wanted to be. so it was just so exciting to be back on broadway. >> jimmy: did you forget how hard it is? >> well, honestly -- >> jimmy: it's really -- people do it and they go, "oh, this is really grueling." >> i was doing a lot of that. you know, talking back and forth from l.a. with the director, choreographer and stuff. and they were like, "what do you feel like you want to do and stuff?" i was like, "throw everything at me," you know? choreograp

, broadway and television star matthew morrison and from the hit drama "ncis," actress pauley perrette. plus from "dancing with the stars," suzanne somers and tonyre are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪ kelly: hi!

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