“If you can only be tall because somebody is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And my feeling is white people have a very, very serious problem, and they should start thinking about ...

Today, Feb. 18, marks Toni Morrison’s 85th birthday, and what better way to celebrate it than by celebrating her words. Morrison’s words have had a profound and everlasting impact on literature and ...

Chloe Ardelia Wofford was born February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio, and died on August 5, 2019, in New York City. Today she would be 94. She was not your average. She is the literary icon we all have ...

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it,” from a 1981 speech to the Ohio Arts Council. “There is a loneliness that can be rocked. Arms crossed, ...

Toni Morrison, Nobel laureate and Pulitzer Prize winning author, died Monday night at the age of 88, the Associated Press reports. Morrison, a longtime professor of humanities at Princeton University, ...

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 ...