Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Toni Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, a small city about 30 miles west of Cleveland.

Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye has been removed from school media centers in Georgia’s Cobb County School District over concerns about sexually explicit content involving child rape and incest.

In the short story by John Cheever, “The Death of Justina” the author writes a sentence that is, at the same time, a polemic, an accusation, a plea, and an existentialist query. The main character ...

The following is the introduction to Toni Morrison: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, written by poet (and Morrison's close friend) Nikki Giovanni. In her highly-fitting tribute, Giovanni ...

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...

Toni Morrison's words still have the power to shake the world. Even in an era when her books face censorship, her legacy continues to inspire. Now, bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney is ensuring ...

For one thing, according to a reporter who became intimately familiar with Morrison’s library, not a single page in any of her thousands of books featured a folded corner: the author was not inclined ...

Walking into Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory, a new exhibition curated from the late author's archives at Princeton University, is an emotional experience for anyone who loves literature. Dozens of ...

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Update: This post has been updated to include a new decision from the sellers to offer part or all of Morrison’s library for sale at additional cost. The last home of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni ...

NEW YORK — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a colossal figure in American literature, received a final goodbye from friends and followers Thursday at a celebration of her life at the Cathedral of St.

It’s a term I invented, while watching the late, great Toni Morrison masterfully take down her critics: “The Morrisonian Moment.” My favorite of these instances took place during a 1998 interview with ...