Toni Morrison
Mom Who Tried to Ban Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ Is Now a GOP Star
Laura Murphy says the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel gave her son nightmares.
Ten Essential Books That Illustrate Toni Morrison's Literary Legacy
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Nobel laureate died on Monday. Here is a primer of her work that most vividly brought to life the Black experience.
Toni Morrison Told the Story of America
Morrison died Tuesday at the age of 88. Her life was not just the American dream; it was the inherent impossibility of the Black American dream made real.
'Beloved' Is Still a Testament to the Black Spirit
Thirty years later, the book still has the capacity to cut to the heart of the pain and pride of the black experience in America.
Of the Top Ten Books Americans Want Banned, Eight Feature Diversity
To grapple with why so many Americans are bent on banning books that have non-white or LGBTQ characters, I spoke with the manager of the reader services department of the New York Public Library.
Teen Pregnancy Rates Are Falling—Now We Need to Work on Our Attitudes Towards Young Mothers
Telling young mothers that they've "ruined" their lives can become a self-fulfilling prophecy when abuse from strangers makes it frightening to even leave the house.
Fast Food for Thought: Chipotle’s Foray into Publishing
What do the Paris Review and Chipotle have in common? If you guessed that they've both published Toni Morrison, you'd be right.