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 ...

Toni Morrison is one of the most prolific writers that our nation has ever known. The Nobel laureate, who in 1993 became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The late Toni Morrison is still teaching lessons at Princeton. Morrison, the Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel laureate and longtime ...

Ohio is celebrating Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with a yearlong commemoration. Discover events honoring the literary icon.

American author and Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison was born on this day in history, Feb. 18, 1931. Morrison was born the second of four children in Lorain, Ohio, and was given the birth name Chloe ...

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders speaks to THR about capturing the essence of his late friend, literary icon Toni Morrison. By Sharareh Drury Photographer and documentarian Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and ...

Morrison’s quote ultimately remains powerful because it reframes racism not only as injustice but also as inefficiency.

Jason Moran and Christian McBride perform "Toni Morrison said Black is a Rainbow." Jason Moran and Christian McBride perform "Toni Morrison said Black is a Rainbow," a song Moran wrote as a tribute to ...

A new exhibit celebrates the life of Toni Morrison with a focus on the late novelist’s work as a University at Albany professor in the 1980s. Faculty, alumni, and students at UAlbany unveiled the ...

Nadine, Toni Morrison’s housekeeper, opens the door and lets us in. Morrison is not yet ready to receive us, so we wait upstairs in the living room, where Morrison has said, “make yourselves at home.” ...