Join us for a reading with author Andrea Pinkney as she sits down with Caron Levis at The New School to discuss her new work And She was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life. 

Stunning poetry introduces a new generation to the beloved literary icon Toni Morrison, by New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and Caldecott Honor winner Daniel Minter.

From imaginative child to visionary storyteller, Toni Morrison was a fiercely inspiring writer that helped change the world. This poetic book is part love letter and part biography, praising the power of this Nobel Prize winner. With its tender refrain, readers will know how much Morrison's stories — and their own — mean to the world. She was loved — and so are they!

Andrea Davis Pinkney is the author most recently of And She was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life. She is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of nearly 50 books for children and young adults, including The Red Pencil and Bird in a Box. She has also produced several collaborations with her husband, the two-time Caldecott Honor-winning artist Brian Pinkney, including Sit -In, Martin & Mahalia, and Hand in Hand, winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award. Ms. Pinkney has been recognized by Children’s Health magazine as one of the “25 Most Influential People in our Children’s Lives,” and has been inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Andrea teaches in The New School's MFA Program, and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Photo credit: Danielle Allen.