"If there's a book that you want to read..."

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."

--Toni Morrison, the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature and one of the most famous American authors of the century.

The photo selected for Morrison’s quote is by contemporary African-American artist, writer, and mixed media sculptor, Faith Ringgold.  A feminist and story teller through her multiple forms of artistic expression, she is best known for her narrative quilts.