
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford) was an American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality." Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels The Bluest Eye , Song of Solomon , and Beloved , which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of "The 30 Most Powerful Women in America" by Ladies' Home Journal.
Reflections on the American Canon
2026
The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
2020
2020
A Gathering of Wisdom
2019
Harvard's 95th Ingersoll Lecture with Essays on Morrison's Moral and Religious Vision
2019
Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
2019
2018
2017
Vintage Minis
2017
2015
2015
2013
2012
2010
2010
2009
Selected Nonfiction
2008
2008
2005
2005
The Journey to School Integration
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
Jazz, The Bluest Eye,Song of Solomon, Beloved, Tar Baby, A Mercy, Sula, Paradise
2002
2002
1999
Song of Solomon / Beloved / Jazz
1998
1998
1998
1997
Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case
1997
1996
1996
1994
1994
1994
1994
Essays on Anita Hill, Clarence Thomas, and the Construction of Social Reality
1992
Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
1992
1992
The Afro-American Presence in American Literature
1988
1987
1987
1987
1983
1983
1981
1977