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(Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), was an American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality."
Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of "The 30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal.
Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of "The 30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal.
Genres: Literary Fiction
Series
Who's Got Game? (with Slade Morrison)
1. The Ant or the Grasshopper? (2014)
2. The Lion or the Mouse? (2014)
3. Poppy or the Snake? (2003)
Who's Got Game? (2007)
1. The Ant or the Grasshopper? (2014)
2. The Lion or the Mouse? (2014)
3. Poppy or the Snake? (2003)
Who's Got Game? (2007)
Novels
The Bluest Eye (1969)
Sula (1971)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Tar Baby (1981)
Beloved (1987)
Jazz (1992)
Paradise (1997)
Love (2003)
A Mercy (2008)
Home (2012)
God Help the Child (2015)
Sula (1971)
Song of Solomon (1977)
Tar Baby (1981)
Beloved (1987)
Jazz (1992)
Paradise (1997)
Love (2003)
A Mercy (2008)
Home (2012)
God Help the Child (2015)
Omnibus
The Collected Novels of Toni Morrison (1994)
Jazz / Beloved / Song of Solomon (1994)
Toni Morrison Boxed Set (1999)
American Contemporaries (2010) (with Joan Didion, Cormac McCarthy, John Updike and Richard Yates)
Toni Morrison Essential Novels Box Set (2019)
Jazz / Beloved / Song of Solomon (1994)
Toni Morrison Boxed Set (1999)
American Contemporaries (2010) (with Joan Didion, Cormac McCarthy, John Updike and Richard Yates)
Toni Morrison Essential Novels Box Set (2019)
Collections
Chapbooks
The Big Box (1999) (with Slade Morrison)
The Book of Mean People (2002) (with Slade Morrison)
Who's Got the Game? The Lion or the Mouse? (2003) (with Slade Morrison)
The Mirror or the Glass? (2007) (with Slade Morrison)
The Book of Mean People (2002) (with Slade Morrison)
Who's Got the Game? The Lion or the Mouse? (2003) (with Slade Morrison)
The Mirror or the Glass? (2007) (with Slade Morrison)
Plays
Picture Books
Peeny Butter Fudge (2009) (with Slade Morrison)
Little Cloud and Lady Wind (2010) (with Slade Morrison)
The Tortoise or the Hare (2010) (with Slade Morrison)
Little Cloud and Lady Wind (2010) (with Slade Morrison)
The Tortoise or the Hare (2010) (with Slade Morrison)
Novellas
Non fiction
Playing in the Dark (1992)
Race-Ing Justice, En-gendering Power (1992)
Nobel Lecture in Literature (1994)
Nobel Speech and Acceptance (1994)
Conversations With Toni Morrison (1994)
To Die for the People (1995) (with Huey P Newton)
The Dancing Mind (1996)
Birth of a Nation Hood (1997) (with Claudia Brodsky Lacour)
Baldwin: Collected Essays (1998) (with James Baldwin)
Remember (2004)
Memoirs (2005)
What Moves at the Margin (2008)
Burn This Book (2009)
Please, Louise (2014)
The Origin of Others (2017)
Mouth Full of Blood (2019)
The Source of Self-Regard (2019)
Goodness and the Literary Imagination (2019)
The Writer Before the Page (2019)
The Measure of Our Lives (2019)
Race-Ing Justice, En-gendering Power (1992)
Nobel Lecture in Literature (1994)
Nobel Speech and Acceptance (1994)
Conversations With Toni Morrison (1994)
To Die for the People (1995) (with Huey P Newton)
The Dancing Mind (1996)
Birth of a Nation Hood (1997) (with Claudia Brodsky Lacour)
Baldwin: Collected Essays (1998) (with James Baldwin)
Remember (2004)
Memoirs (2005)
What Moves at the Margin (2008)
Burn This Book (2009)
Please, Louise (2014)
The Origin of Others (2017)
Mouth Full of Blood (2019)
The Source of Self-Regard (2019)
Goodness and the Literary Imagination (2019)
The Writer Before the Page (2019)
The Measure of Our Lives (2019)
Awards
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Toni Morrison recommends
Dessa Rose (1986)
Sherley Anne Williams
"Having this treasure of a book available again for new and more readers is not only necessary, it is imperative."
No Telephone to Heaven (1987)
(Abeng, book 2)
Michelle Cliff
"The beauty and authority of her writing is coupled in a rare way with profound insight."
Dirty Bird Blues (1996)
Clarence Major
"Clarence Major has a remarkable mind and the talent to match."
The Warmest December (2001)
Bernice L McFadden
"Riveting. The Warmest December so nicely avoids the sentimentality that swirls all around the subject matter. I am as impressed by its structural strength as by the searing and expertly imagined scenes."
Agaat (2004)
Marlene van Niekerk
"I was immediately mesmerized... Its beauty matches its depth and her achievement is as brilliant as it is haunting."
With Billie (2005)
Julia Blackburn
"This addition to the tide of Billie Holiday books is extremely welcome."
The Testing of Luther Albright (2005)
MacKenzie Bezos
"MacKenzie Bezos has produced a rarity: a sophisticated novel that breaks and swells the heart. Its pull is irresistible."
The Weight of Ink (2017)
Rachel Kadish
"A gifted writer, astonishingly adept at nuance, narration, and the politics of passion."
The Talented Ribkins (2017)
Ladee Hubbard
"For sheer reading pleasure Ladee Hubbard’s original and wildly inventive novel is in a class by itself."
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