Prolific Akron artist John Sokol, known for his paintings, word portraits and poetry, has died at age 78. Sokol was a Canton ...

The State of Ohio is spending the next 12 months celebrating the life and works of Toni Morrison.

In her new book, award-winning novelist Namwali Serpell takes on Toni Morrison, one of the towering figures in American ...

For Cornellians, celebrating 95 years of Toni Morrison should be more than an act of alumni pride; it should be an intentional reminder to examine our allyship and anti-Black bias within our community ...

Ohio will celebrate Toni Morrison's life and works with a year-long event, "Beloved: Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison," ...

In The Bluest Eye, Morrison struggled to unite the there and not-there in the same figure: Claudia had occupied the positive ...

LORAIN, Ohio -- It’s not every day a library throws a party for someone it once fired. Then again, not every former employee goes on to become Toni Morrison. Lorain Public Library is leaning into that ...

Lorain Public Library System has several programs planned in celebration of Ohio’s annual Toni Morrison Day, according to a news release. In 2020, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 325, which ...

Something similar has happened to Toni Morrison (1931-2019), in my judgment the most influential American novelist of the past 50 years. Morrison’s importance today is usually pegged to the issue of ...

Toni Morrison, who died in 2019, is shown in a 2012 photo at Oberlin College. The Lorain native and author of “Beloved,” “The Bluest Eye” and other books will be honored with a year-long celebration ...

She’s been called “America’s Shakespeare” and one of Ohio’s “Black queens.” Wednesday kicks off a yearlong celebration of one of the most revered authors of the past century: Toni Morrison. The life, ...