Winfrey Announces Show's End in 2011 Nov 21, 2009
The titles ranged from "Song of Solomon" and "Paradise" by African-American writer Toni Morrison to Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's "Night.". For others, the selection backfired. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Winfrey announcing end of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” Nov 21, 2009
Winfrey announcing end of The Oprah Winfrey Show - Somerset - Daily American (Somerset Daily American, PA)
The story, so far Nov 19, 2009
Yes, that was the novelist Margaret Atwood, every bit alive, just like the Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott, the essayist and performer Garrison Keillor, the novelists Russell Banks and Toni Morrison. They were here, too, though the more relevant issue might be when they're coming back. (Albany Times Union)
What Are Intellectuals Good For? Nov 17, 2009
or Toni Morrison a Nobel Prize. He has no patience with writers whose zeal leads them to misrepresent their opponents. (The American Conservative)
Happy 35th Birthday, Black Book! Nov 10, 2009
The scrapbook of African-American history that Toni Morrison calls a requirement for our national health is still as beautiful and maddening as ever ... Celebrate the 35th Birthday of The Black Book The scrapbook of African-American history that Toni Morrison calls a requirement for our national health is still as beautiful and maddening as ever ... The scrapbook of African-American history that Toni Morrison calls a requirement for our national health is still as beautiful and... (Slate)
Lawmaker wants monument to NH's slaves Nov 2, 2009
Watters, an English professor at UNH, has done a lot of work on black history and said he became inspired, in part, to seek a monument when he heard of author Toni Morrison's effort to raise awareness. The Toni Morrison Society's Bench by The Road Project places steel benches at unmarked sites with significance in African American history or sites in her novels about blacks in America. (Concord Monitor)
Museum in Atlanta does not try to color the racial history Nov 1, 2009
Black authors such as Toni Morrison and Alice Walker -- who was born in Harris' hometown of Eatonton -- have denounced the author and say he stole the stories. Other plantations, such as the Laura Plantation near New Orleans, say the stories started there and that Harris simply adapted them. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Wren's Nest museum still grapples with race issues Oct 28, 2009
Still, black authors like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker who was born in Harris' hometown of Eatonton have denounced the author and say he stole the stories unjustly. And other plantations, like the Laura Plantation near New Orleans, say that the stories started there and that Harris simply adapted them, showing the deep roots these stories had in Southern folklore. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
African American portraits reflect a vast contribution Oct 27, 2009
And many of the subjects are even more famous: Frederick Douglass, Ray Charles, George Washington Carver, Bessie Smith, Joe Louis, Louis Armstrong, Toni Morrison, Richard Pryor. A nice sense of just how varied the sitters and their accomplishments can be, even within a single field, comes with a juxtaposition at the end of the show of Leontyne Price, the Supremes, and Sarah Vaughan. (Boston Globe)
The line the new black Barbies won’t cross Oct 25, 2009
What I call Toni Morrison hair. I haven t heard of anything in the works for a Toni Morrison doll. (Boston Globe)
Teacher of the year nominee pushes students to challenge preconceptions Oct 20, 2009
Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, Julia Alvarez, Ernest Hemingway. Tim O Brien and Emily Bronte. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
'Art of Richard Mayhew' at MoAD Oct 17, 2009
"I know Toni Morrison, and she told me once that she enjoyed writing whether someone read it or not. That's how I feel. Although I'm pleased when people share in the experience.". The Art of Richard Mayhew: Through Jan. 10. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Arts critic advises journalists: Be alert, brief Oct 15, 2009
Feeney, a Pulitzer Prize winner who has interviewed his share of influential Americans including Toni Morrison, addressed the audience with a mix of humor and the seasoned wisdom only an experienced reporter can have. "The single most important part of being a journalist is being alert," Feeney said. (Daily Collegian, PA)
High schools diversify their literature Oct 11, 2009
We are now in a moment where we do still have a sense of what the classics are, but the classics may also include Toni Morrison. . (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Excerpts from 2009 Nobel Peace Prize citation Oct 9, 2009
Other women who have won Nobel Prizes include literature winners Toni Morrison and Doris Lessing and peace prize laureates Aung San Suu Kyi, a democracy activist in Myanmar, and Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi. No woman has ever won the economics prize since it was first given out in 1969. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Romanian-born writer wins Nobel for literature Oct 9, 2009
No American has won since Toni Morrison in 1993. Other countries and continents have waited longer. (AZCentral -- News)
Chronicler of the dispossessed gets Nobel prize Oct 9, 2009
It has been 15 years since an American received the Nobel for literature; in 1993, it went to Toni Morrison. I am very surprised and still cannot believe it, Mueller said in a statement released by her publisher in Germany. (Boston Globe)
Herta Mueller wins Nobel literature prize Oct 9, 2009
From American author Toni Morrison to French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, meet the writers who have won the highest literary honor ... From American author Toni Morrison to French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, meet the writers who have won the highest literary honor. (MSNBC -- International)
Winners of Nobel Prize in literature since 1960 Oct 8, 2009
1993: Toni Morrison, United States. 1992: Derek Walcott, St. Lucia. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Odd facts about Nobel Prize winners Oct 7, 2009
Nobel Laureates you must know: Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, Elie Wiesel, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Jimmy Carter, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner, T.S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Beckett, Pierre & Marie Curie, Max Planck and Albert Einstein. 7. (CNN)
Media tycoon Reinhard Mohn dead at 88 Oct 6, 2009
The company owns Random House -- publisher of Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol," as well as authors ranging from Stephen King and John Grisham to Toni Morrison and John Updike. It also controls RTL Group, Europe's largest broadcasting company; magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, which publishes the German magazine Stern; and Direct Group, a media-marketing firm. (CNN -- World)
Sarah Wright, 80; chronicled Depression-era black experience Oct 5, 2009
Often compared to the work of Zora Neale Hurston, the novel was unusual in its exploration of the black experience from a woman s perspective, anticipating fiction by writers like Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. This Child s Gonna Live was hailed by critics around the country and named an outstanding book of 1969 by The New York Times. (Boston Globe)
Student wins $10K writing award Sep 24, 2009
Gilmore will receive the money and a trophy at an Oct. 20 gala in New York City that will include big-name novelists and journalists like Noble laureate Toni Morrison and New Yorker editor David Remnick. While Gilmore is excited for the celebration (which falls a few days before the first anniversary of his wedding to Maryssa DeLeon), he is most looking forward to the month-long writers colony. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
‘Fences’ returns to the Huntington, Eugene Wilson’s longtime artistic home Sep 6, 2009
Leon, however, was already committed to doing an opera at Yale by Toni Morrison. So Radio Golf premiered at Yale Repertory Theatre in May 2005 without him. (Boston Globe)
Students Protest April Fools' Issue Aug 30, 2009
First of all, if you've ever read Toni Morrison you'd know that that's about half of what she does, fetishizing the sexual features of different races. Second of all, I never said that I do that, only that that's what the Hoya was doing. (The Hoya, Washington DC)
Best Sellers Aug 23, 2009
Toni Morrison, Vintage, 15, 9780307276766. 11. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Sorority members allege more questionable payments Aug 19, 2009
AKA was founded in 1908 at Howard University in Washington and boasts a worldwide membership of 250,000 women, including prominent black businesswomen and such luminaries as author Toni Morrison. Alpha Kappa Alpha has nearly 56,000 active members, about 10 percent of them undergraduates. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Sorority President Sued Over Spending Practices Jul 31, 2009
The lawsuit is a rare sign of discord within in the century-old sorority that boasts a worldwide membership of 250,000 women, including prominent black businesswomen and such luminaries as author Toni Morrison. Within the 38-page lawsuit filed last month, the sorority, which Gray called "one of the crown jewels of our community," is portrayed as a troubled organization rife with financial improprieties. (W-USA News, DC)
Zimbabwe: Race Remains Big Issue in U.S.A Jul 30, 2009
This writer realised Professor Gates' eminence in the scholarly arena in 2001, when there were recommendations that he and Professor Toni Morrison, as African-Americans, should be members of the jury of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair's sponsored project -- Africa's 100 Best Books of the 20th Century, a project designed to celebrate Africans' literary works, and contribution to global knowledge. Unfortunately, it never happened. (allAfrica.com)
In South Carolina, an economic staple is rich fodder for historical exploration Jul 26, 2009
I didn t make it to Sullivan s Island, an affluent beach community where slaves from the Middle Passage once disembarked and where author Toni Morrison dedicated a bench. There is no place you or I can go. (Boston Globe)
61 postmodern reads Jul 25, 2009
What about: Toni Morrison, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson ... I would not call Toni Morrison, Gunter Grass, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, or VS Naipaul postmodern. (Harper's Magazine)
Why Books are Banned Jul 12, 2009
Beloved, by Toni Morrison and Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers are two such books. Books challenged for religious reasons, especially the use of magic or witchcraft, are Harry Potter, the entire series, by J.K. Rowling, and Scary Stories, by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell. (Suite101.com)
High school English teachers bring in new voices to encourage readers Jul 9, 2009
Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou are widely read, as are Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," Sandra Cisneros's "The House on Mango Street," and novels by Amy Tan, who told the story of a Chinese family's immigrant experience in "The Joy Luck Club" and also wrote "The Bonesetter's Daughter.". SPANGLISH APPEAL. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Jadine's Journey in Toni Morrison's... Jun 25, 2009
Jadine's Journey in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby. Jadine's Journey in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby ... The back cover of Toni Morrison s novel Tar Baby promises that the story plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan and the deep South. (Suite101.com)
Oh, Rob!!! Dick Van Dyke memoir planned Jun 17, 2009
Chris Carlson / APDick Van Dyke, who starred in films like "Mary Poppins and "Bye, Bye Birdie," is writing a memoir. Special featureFrom American author Toni Morrison to French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, meet the writers who have won the highest literary honor.Special featureFrom Mary-Louise Parker to LL Cool J, stars share the books that have influenced them most. updated 8:40 a.m. ET June 16, 2009NEW YORK - Cue the theme music: Dick Van Dyke is writing a memoir.The star of "The... (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Recommended summer reads Jun 16, 2009
"A Mercy," by Toni Morrison (2008). Toni Morrison's powerful and beautifully written novel explores many facets of American life and human relationships during the time of slavery. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Show or Tell Jun 1, 2009
One of his students was Margaret Walker, an African-American, who was the author of Jubilee (1966) the first of the so-called neo-slave narratives, of which the most famous is Toni Morrison s Beloved. ( Jubilee was Walker s Ph. (New Yorker)
Weeks from retirement, library director shares her memories May 29, 2009
Those are largely the American writers like Philip Roth and Cormac McCarthy, Toni Morrison and John Updike and I haven t really gone on to the next generation, because I haven t really had time. Frankly, I also think some of the mystery writers deserve more credit than they re given. (Concord Journal, MA)
Hot author: Gary M. Pomerantz holds 'The Devil's Tickets' May 7, 2009
On his summer reading list:A Mercy by Toni Morrison, The March by E. L. Doctorow, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed. Posted. (USA Today -- Life)
CONNIE BRISCOE PROFILE May 7, 2009
She admires Toni Morrison and Walker, but it was McMillan's 1987 debut novel, Mama, that inspired her to try writing fiction. "Although she was writing about traditional issues like abuse, she did it in a way that was more accessible," Briscoe says. (USA Today -- Life)
Price, Boyle inducted into exclusive academy Apr 15, 2009
Upon the official ceremony in May, they will enter a 250-member club that has included Henry Adams, Mark Twain and Mark Rothko, and currently features Edward Albee, Philip Glass and Toni Morrison. Artists are encouraged to serve on committees that award prizes, but there is no responsibility beyond agreeing to join. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
* [HARDCOVER: US] The tumultuous life of the queen of the blues Apr 12, 2009
Toni Morrison said: Nina Simone saved our lives. She was several women. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
The Artist as a Kept Man Mar 25, 2009
We are in for at least four years of earnest middlebrow culture-vultures sucking up to the new president, whose reported tastes run from the exemplary (Marvin Gaye, Bob Dylan) to the execrable (Toni Morrison, Philip Roth) and include, as far as I can tell, not a single writer or musician from his native Hawaii. For shame, oh rootless one. (The American Conservative)
Kanye West, Angelina Jolie, Toni Morrison Mar 20, 2009
The Orange Prize, given annually to a female fiction writer, has announced its list of 20 contenders, including Marilynne Robinson (for "Home"), Toni Morrison (for "A Mercy"), Allegra Goodman ("Intuition") and Curtis Sittenfeld ("American Wife"). A winner is to be named on June 3. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Book Expo America Mar 16, 2009
In prior years media moguls and bestselling writers such as , Stephen King, Toni Morrison, David Irving, Madeleine Albright, Bill O Reilly and Zane, have attended the expos. In addition, more than 1,000 media persons have attended past expos. (Suite101.com)
Lufkin H.S. segregating classes to help students Mar 7, 2009
"It's horrible if a white child doesn't know Toni Morrison. It's a disaster if a black child doesn't.". This is not an issue of black and white. (KSLA.com, LA)
Perspective: Film captures essence of powerful issue Feb 27, 2009
Guests in Volume One include: Chris Rock, Toni Morrison, Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, Susan Rice, Serena Williams, Faye Wattleton, and Sean Combs. Both filmsfeature a montage of several minutes of footage distilled from the hour-long interview with each guest. (Beacon Villager, MA)
Maya Angelou, an American Legend, Shares Her Celebrated Wisdom and Humor on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit Feb 27, 2009
The series has hosted notables such as the late Coretta Scott King, Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize recipient Toni Morrison, Sheila Johnson, the world's first black female billionaire, Immaculee Ilibagiza, a Rwandan genocide survivor, John Bul Dau, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, entrepreneur Christopher Gardner and the Former President Bill Clinton. "An Evening with Maya Angelou" is presented by Ford Motor Company and produced by African American Family Magazine. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers Feb. 22 / Feb 23, 2009
A MERCY, Toni Morrison (Knopf; 176 pages; $23. 95): A woman pleads with an Anglo-Dutch trader to take her daughter, hoping to save the girl's life. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Read-in sees beyond 20-year history Feb 17, 2009
Together, the event is being sponsored by the English department, the Cultural Center, the Idaho Black History Museum, Student Activities and the Black Student Alliance who hope to make this year's event a memorable one as it honors the birthday of Noble and Pulitzer prize-winning author, Toni Morrison. "Our main goal is to draw students' attention to the literary merits of African American writers in the United States, including those authors from Idaho," English professor Dora Ramirez-Dhoore... (Boise State University The Arbiter Online)
IN MY LIBRARY: ELIZABETH ALEXANDER Feb 15, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009 Last Update: 07:55 AM EST. hide stories RELATED TOPICS. (New York Post -- Opinions)
HBO and Cox Communications, in Partnership With the Urban League of Hampton Roads, to Host the Virginia Premiere of 'THE BLACK LIST: VOL.2,' February 23, at Chrysler Hall, in Norfolk, Virginia Feb 14, 2009
A 2008 Sundance Film Festival selection, "The Black List: Vol. 1" debuted on HBO last August, and featured such notables as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Sean Combs, Thelma Golden, Lou Gossett, Jr., Bill T. Jones, Vernon Jordan, Toni Morrison, Richard Parsons, Chris Rock, Al Sharpton, Slash, Faye Wattleton, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Serena Williams. Inspired by "The Black List: Vol. 1," HBO launched a "Who's on Your Black List?" contest, asking viewers to submit a video of themselves, a relative, a friend,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Da Vinci Code authors next book finished? Feb 14, 2009
From American author Toni Morrison to French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, meet the writers who have won the highest literary honor. Special feature. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
The Nightmarish Possibility of David Ogden at DOJ Feb 12, 2009
We're going to go after Toni Morrison because she wrote about a father raping her daughter in the book "The Bluest Eye". You are not going after the real child pornographers, but after a wild goose chase where you believe that "fact is fiction and TV's reality.". (Townhall.com)
Black history is the nation's history Feb 9, 2009
Barack Obama's memoir, "Dreams from my Father," is found not with other timely biographies or political books, but with Toni Morrison and Cornel West in a hodgepodge of "black interest.". That cottage industry won't disappear overnight - but it will disappear. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Month robs blacks of part in U.S. history Feb 8, 2009
Barack Obama s memoirs, Dreams from my Father, are found not with other timely biographies or political books but with Toni Morrison and Cornel West in a hodgepodge of black interest. That cottage industry won t disappear overnight but it will disappear. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Henry Alford's 'How To Live' Feb 8, 2009
Alas, the search for wisdom cannot consist entirely of Granny D, an advocate of publicly financed elections, nattering on about road kill; Yale's ageless Harold Bloom, railing against the moderns (he dismisses Toni Morrison as "supermarket fiction"); or the odd and amusing Eugene Loh, father of the writer Sandra Tsing Loh, explaining why he fishes meals out of restaurant Dumpsters. It's the Eddie Sutton excuse, again: because they are there. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
