Morrison may be gone from this Earth, but her words will continue to live on and inspire year after year. These are hard times. No one can deny that. During hard times, we all can use some ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Toni Morrison was more than a novelist; she was a cultural force whose words reshaped the way America talks about race, identity, and humanity. As the first African American woman to ...

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 ...

In her prose poem, “Toni Morrison,” Nikki Giovanni imagines cooking a “Toni Morrison stew.” Among its ingredients are the heightened contradictions that characterize her novels: An exotic mix of tears ...

What made her one of our greatest — and most dangerous — novelists was her belief that stories could contain what our minds couldn’t confront. Credit...Photo illustration by Mike McQuade Supported by ...

Some writers tell stories. Toni Morrison told the truth. So much so that in 2018, Oprah Winfrey described the celebrated American novelist as a "seer” and "truth-teller.” Her words echo the sentiments ...

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 ...