Toni Morrison Dies at 88

Novelist of our hearts Toni Morrison died Monday night, her publisher reports, at the age of 88. Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for her best-selling, groundbreaking novel Beloved, and was the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1993. She wrote 11 novels as well as children’s books … The post Toni Morrison Dies at 88 appeared first on The Millions. Continue reading at 'The Millions'

[ The Millions | 2019-08-08 21:38:07 UTC ]
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David McCullough, master chronicler of American history, dies at 89

The two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize was a master storyteller who brought to life the grand sweep of time and place. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Sid Jacobson, Comic Book Writer With Range, Dies at 92

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Charlotte Pomerantz, Inventive Children’s Book Author, Dies at 92

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Publishing Executive Marvin Brown Dies at 87

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