Morrison, who was Scott’s mentor at Princeton University, once called the philanthropist “one of the best students I’ve ever ...

Books We Love is NPR's list of best reads. One of this year's picks is called "Toni At Random: The Iconic Writer's Legendary Editorship" by Dana A. Williams. It's a biography of Toni Morrison's time ...

Toni Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1993 Author Toni Morrison, who won the Nobel Prize in literature, has died, her publisher confirmed to PEOPLE. She was 88. “We are profoundly ...

Our live coverage has ended, but you can scroll through the posts below to read more about Toni Morrison’s life. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke used one of Toni Morrison’s quotes in her honor. O ...

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's mentorship profoundly shaped MacKenzie Scott's confidence and early career, influencing her path to Amazon ...

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 ...

Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford, Morrison came to prominence on the literary stage with her critically acclaimed, best-selling novel Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Morrison’s work, ...

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 ...

Novelist and book editor Toni Morrison was a private person who never wrote a memoir and turned away biographers, according to her friend Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. But she did allow the photographer ...

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 ...