I unearthed my essay on Song of Solomon that I had long since forgotten. In it I stressed that Song of Solomon is a novel that stresses the importance that a traditional past has on a contemporary American. Morrison creates a novel that is filled with la

Una Mulzac started Liberation Bookstore in part to promote causes such as fighting apartheid. James Baldwin and Toni Morrison were among her customers. Below, Ms. Mulzac in 1994.

On Tuesday, Feb. 14 English professor Stephanie Li delivered a talk exploring racial language in American politics in honor of Black History Month. The event was co-sponsored by the Office of Minority Student Affairs, the College Diversity Roundtable and

Well this is not about a Scotsman but a chip shop in Coatbridge. Surely this would only happen in Scotland. As Toni Morrison tells us: "While my colleagues were being surprised on Tuesday with Valentine's Day flowers and cards from secret admirers, I was

Gov. David Paterson returned to the Capitol to join Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Carl McCall, the former comptroller named by Cuomo to head the SUNY board of trustees, at the opening of a new exhibit celebrating African-American history in New York. The exhibit

OBERLIN — Lorain native and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison will meet with Oberlin College students and faculty and give a public talk when she visits the campus next month. In “An Evening with Toni Morrison,” the author of “Beloved” and “The