Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist who conjured a Black girl longing for blue eyes, a slave mother who kills her child to save her from bondage and other indelible characters who helped transfigure a literary canon long closed to African Americans, died Monday, August 5, 2019, at a hospital in the Bronx. She was 88. Ms. Morrison spent an impoverished childhood … [Read more...] about Toni Morrison, Nobel laureate who transfigured American literature, dies at 88
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Celebrating Black women writers: Toni Morrison
As we continue to feature African American female writers, this week we showcase Toni Morrison. Morrison is one of most beloved female writers in American history. She has exceptional creative energy for examining the life of African American women and the black experience. I have a few of her books in my home library. Here are a few books; I would like to recommend. Beloved, … [Read more...] about Celebrating Black women writers: Toni Morrison