Her other works include Sula, Tar Baby, Jazz, Paradise, Love, A Mercy, Home, and God Help the Child. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. She taught at several universities including Texas Southern University, Howard University, and Princeton University.
in English from Howard University in 1953 and a master's degree in English from Cornell University in 1955 with her thesis on the theme of suicide in modern literature. 'Can’t take these freedoms for granted': Authors of most banned books in the U.S.Toni Morrison was born in Lorain, Ohio on February 18, 1931.
'Gender Queer' author Maia Kobabe Q&A: Banned books 'part of a widescale political attack'. Banned books hit record high: Challenges to books higher than ever in 2022. For the most part, it’s not actually parents concerned about their kids, it’s people who’ve been swept up into a political game." Keep reading on banned books: "Many of the people bringing challenges don’t even have school-age children. "I’m a former high school teacher, and I think about the kids who are losing access to stories that they need," she said. "The last two years have been exhausting, frightening (and) outrage inducing."Īshley Hope Pérez, whose young adult novel "Out of Darkness" once again makes the list, called the banning efforts "devastating" in an interview with USA TODAY last year. "I've never seen anything like this," says Deborah Caldwell-Stone, who directs the library association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly double the then-record total from 2021 and by far the most since the association began keeping data 20 years ago, with 2,571 unique titles challenged.
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