{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Remembering Toni Morrison's 'beautiful human urgency'","publication_date":"August 06, 2019","summary":"Author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison died Monday at age 88. The acclaimed writer, editor and professor helped transform American literature, bringing forth a black perspective that had rarely been heard. Jeffrey Brown reports and talks to Princeton University's Tracy K. Smith, a former U.S. poet laureate, about how she was influenced by Morrison's work, generosity and \"amazing vigor.\"\r\n","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/08\/25a19e68b828d73ac4b689cd838825c2-20190806_Beloved-1024x890.jpg","thumbnail_height":890,"thumbnail_width":1024}