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...BABY by Toni Morrison...
...Baby, like the rabbit bait in the Uncle Remus tale, is the sort of novel one can get stuck on. The fox is the author. Morrison, whose Song of Solomon (1977) won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, blends elements of racial identity, assimilation and Caribbean folklore with an old-fashioned lady-and-the-truck-driver romance. Can sophisticated Jadine and her black diamond in the rough make it, even after he has a haircut and borrows a Hickey Freeman suit? Or will Ryk, a rich somebody, lure her back to Paris by sending her a sealskin coat...
Despite its disadvantages, club status does afford gymnasts freedom and an informal atmosphere, Morrison said. "We would like to have the coach, the gym and the freedom all together, but we know that that's unrealistic," he added...
Training responsibilities have to be shared among the team members, and the best in each event aids the others as best he can. In a pinch, Morrison has taken over all of the coaching duties as well as keeping up his organizational role...
...Morrison is graduating this spring, and the fate of Harvard gymnastics will rest with the other members of the club. As Kayten said yesterday, Morrison "is a unique person because he was willing to spend the time to run the club. Now he's going--so we don't know what will happen...