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From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Date: 20030923
Author:PAUL H. JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER

PAUL H. JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-23-2003

Hip-hop Aesop -- Famed author turns tables on ancient Greek fables
By PAUL H. JOHNSON, STAFF WRITER
Date: 09-23-2003, Tuesday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B
Biographical: TONI MORRISON

Why does the grasshopper always get dumped on? The moral from one of the classic Aesop's fables where the industrious ant perseveres over his absent-minded grasshopper neighbor always bugged Slade Morrison. He saw the grasshopper as a misunderstood artist, much like himself.

So Morrison, a painter, ...

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