The Beloved author’s refusal to conform made her a hero to many – and the only black female writer to have won a Nobel prize in literature ...

Toni Morrison photographed by Jill Krementz in her office at Random House in New York City on February 13, 1974 (© Jill Krementz; image courtesy the photographer) She had just died, and I couldn’t ...

Ohio Humanities and Literary Cleveland are launching "Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison," a yearlong initiative honoring ...

Her novels reveal a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure, and one of her work’s great joys lies in always finding ...

Morrison’s true genius was as a stylist. Her challenging books demand to be plumbed, debated, compared—and reread.

I first interviewed Toni Morrison about her work as a book editor in September 2005, in her office at Princeton. Though our meeting was scheduled for late afternoon, I took an early train from ...

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who passed away Monday at age 88, leaves behind a legacy of powerful works. Morrison's life and works were chronicled in a documentary that had a limited release this ...

Novelist Toni Morrison broke some hearts on Wednesday when she told fans in Ohio that she has canceled plans to write a memoir. The Associated Press reports that the 81-year-old Nobel laureate broke ...

Susan Mayberry, Jane Peterson Professor of the Humanities in Alfred University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was recognized for her scholarly work on the late Nobel Prize-winning author, ...

I’m well acquainted with the fact that Toni Morrison is the greatest American writer of my lifetime. I know this because I’ve read her books, but I could also point to a little something called the ...