Lit Youngstown presents Food for Thought Book Club: On Morrison on September 17 at 5:30 PM at Noble Creature, 126 E. Rayen Ave. in Youngstown. The 2026–2027 Food for Thought book discussion series kicks off with Namwali Serpell’s On Morrison, a wide-ranging examination of Toni Morrison’s fiction, criticism, drama, and poetry. Serpell brings the perspective of both an award-winning writer and a professor who teaches Morrison’s work, offering readers an accessible but rigorous way into Morrison’s experiments with literary form and her enduring influence on American literature. This discussion is part of the yearlong statewide celebration of Ohio native and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison.
