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Toni Morrison: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)
Toni Morrison A Biography - Greenwood Biographies Author:Stephanie Li Toni Morrison: A Biography looks at the remarkable life of an essential American novelist, whose critically acclaimed, bestselling books offer lively, powerful depictions of black America.Toni Morrison follows the life of the woman born Chloe Ardelia Wofford from her culturally rich childhood in Lorrain, OH, through her spectacular... more » rise as a novelist, educator, and public intellectual. The book also serves as a basic introduction to the literary influences that shaped MorrisonÕs writing, from the early novels to the breakout success of Song of Solomon; from the overwhelming achievement of Beloved to her most recent book, A Mercy. The book also examines MorrisonÕs other writing—criticism, essays, edited volumes, childrenÕs books—as well as her academic career, her work as an editor at Random House, and her political activism, most notably in the 2008 presidential campaign.« less