Author Andrea Davis Pinkney is out with a new book about Toni Morrison and her life. It's called " And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison's Life in Stories ." She speaks with host Lisa Mullins about ...

Bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney honors her former mentor Toni Morrison in a new children’s picture book, educating ...

Iowa City has long been known as a city of the arts. This year, however, it’s hosting an unprecedented exhibition spanning ...

Ohio lawmakers and literacy advocates used the birthday of one of America’s most frequently banned authors to defend ...

The Spine Bookshop owner Lindsay Schultz seeks to offer banned books through both customer sales and donations to readers.

Lorain Public Library System hosted the annual Big Read in honor of Toni Morrison’s legacy in the City of Lorain in partnership with several local organizations Feb. 15. The Lorain ...

A children's author warned that kids won't be able to grow unless they learn different points of view — points of view that she says are being threatened by Republican leadership in Ohio.

From baseball player Roberto Clemente to writer Toni Morrison, read about these superheroes This is a season when we are ...

Danielle Allen; Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers Before Andrea Davis Pinkney was Toni Morrison's colleague, before they became friends, before the literary giant was her mentor ...

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 ...

From Maya Angelou to Zadie Smith, five books by Black authors to read this February, as recommended by the Michigan Daily ...

By Bilal G. Morris, article courtesy of newsone.com “You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man” – Frederick Douglass.  […] ...