Why should you read Toni Morrison's "Beloved"? | Yen Pham

Published: Jan. 5, 2021, 5:04 p.m.

Two tiny handprints stamped into a cake. A mirror that shatters without warning. A trail of cracker crumbs strewn along the floor. Everyone at 124 Bluestone Road knows their home is haunted\u2014 but there's no mystery about the spirit tormenting them. So begins "Beloved," Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. Yen Pham digs into the novel's exploration of the dehumanizing effects of slavery. [Directed by H\xe9lo\xefse Dorsan Rachet, narrated by Christina Greer, music by Salil Bhayani].