Who is Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1988, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1987); she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.Born and raised in Lorain, Ohio, Morrison graduated from Howard University in 1953 with a B.A. in English. She earned a master's degree in American Literature from Cornell University in 1955. In 1957 she returned to Howard University, was married, and had two children before divorcing in 1964. Morrison became the first black female editor in...
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- You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
- Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.
- At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.
- There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.
- Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
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Moahmose: literature is insane bc every major discourse rn or perspective has someone that talked about it in depth/with possible solutions/or predicted it. idk why but toni morrison was the final nail in the coffin for me like damn none of us have ever had a genuinely unique thought lolTallwomanstan: women named toni>>> morrison cade bambara braxton…. all high quality gals.
Aovmz: "you are your best thing." ― toni morrison. i am my best thing.
Meldencasing: e publish jud namo ning kyle ang translated version namo sa someone leans near ni toni morrison
Americahatesus: “take me out of it.” - toni morrison
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