we re back with the hardball round table. in honor of black history month now, we have asked each of our roundtable people to tell us which african american figure inspired them personally. we re going to start with ayesha and then go to karine and then go to john. start away. my personal is toni morrison. she was the first african american to win a nobel prize for literature. she wrote two of my favorite books, song of solomon and jazz. i ve read obviously a lot of her other books, the bluest eyes, khloe kardashi khloe kardashi beloved. i would read her books when i was younger. they transported me to another world but felt so familiar because our characters are african americans. and you could see yourself, your family members, your community in her stories. that s great.