The marriage ended in 1964, and Morrison actually wanted to go by Toni Wofford on her first book. But by the time she called the publisher to make the change, “they said, ‘it’s too late.

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — There is a special exhibit at the Ohio Statehouse in honor of Nobel Prize winner and Ohio author Toni Morrison’s birthday, who would have been 94 Tuesday. Morrison is ...