Toni Morrison Originally Wanted to Publish Under a Different Name

Three Questions About...Toni Morrison

She had a whole other job, and she was brilliant at it. By Rebecca Carroll Toni Morrison wrote some of the greatest literature of all time. It is less known, though, that she also edited some of the greatest literature, and that is what makes Dana A. Williams’s new book, Toni At Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship, such a gift. Williams, a professor of African American literature and the Dean of Graduate School at Howard University,…

Toni Morrison Originally Wanted to Publish Under a Different Name

Award-winning novelist Toni Morrison wrote ‘Beloved,’ ‘The Bluest Eye,’ ‘Sula,’ and many other books. Read about her teaching career, quotes, death, and more.