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No NamesBy Greg HewettCoffee House PressA poet writing prose about music? Greg Hewett knew he was taking on a challenge.

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

Toni at Random,” “How Things Are Made,” “The House on Buzzards Bay,” and “Endling.” ...

There’s a difference between being at a crossroads — weighing an important decision at a crucial moment — and being at the ...

The book is a celebration of spaces, past and present, where Black intellect, activism and community flourish. :: In the ...

The Ohio Women’s Reformatory and Southeastern Correctional Institution are bringing in hundreds of new books. Combined, the prisons have 20 so-called Freedom Libraries – each of which offers more than ...

Award-winning poet, novelist and professor Honorée Fanonne Jeffers ponders history, race and gender in a new collection of essays and poems, "Misbehaving at the Crossroads." ...

I first interviewed Toni Morrison about her work as a book editor in September ... “You are not the French lady poet—he is!” ...

“I like to think of the book as a praise poem, a love letter and a thank you to Toni Morrison…the way it’s written is that we, the reader, are talking to Toni Morrison, and she, in turn, is ...

Toni Morrison. Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty. If the book's subject, who died in 2019, could read it today, Pinkney thinks she'd be pleased with it too.

LORAIN, Ohio -- The Lorain Public Library System has chosen “Beloved” by Toni Morrison as its featured book for National Endowment for the Arts Big Read programming in 2025, honoring the ...