Posts Tagged ‘Lorain’
Becoming Coherent In The World: The Extraordinary Career of Toni Morrison
February 18 is the birthday of the distinguished Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, who was born in Lorain, Ohio near Cleveland in 1931. Morrison was born Chloe Ardelia Wofford to George and Rahmah Willis Wofford, who had both moved north from the deep south to better their lot. She attended local schools, graduating from Lorain…
Read MoreNew Toni Morrison Novel Set For Spring Publication
Nobel Prize winning author and Lorain, Ohio native Toni Morrison has a new novel coming out in April of 2015. The novel is entitled God Help The Child, and it concerns the impact of childhood traumas on several adult characters. This will be Toni Morrison’s eleventh novel. Her last novel, Home, appeared in 2012. She…
Read MoreHappy 83rd Birthday to Toni Morrison!
Happy Birthday to Toni Morrison, born in Lorain, Ohio on February 18, 1931, and one of only six Americans to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Toni Morrison will be profiled on the pages of this blog in the coming week along with Thomas Merton and Erma Bombeck. Please stay tuned!
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