Toni Morrison, one of the most influential authors of the last century, passed away on August 5, marking the end of a long and prolific writing life.
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Naughty, Naughty…Enter to Win a Stack of Banned Books!
Banned Books Week 2015 is just around the corner, and your eNotes pals are feeling impish. We handpicked a selection of our favorite and most requested books that continually battle the iron fist of censorship. Win them all here. The bundle includes the following titles with their censored reasonings found on http://www.ala.org: 1. The Kite Runner by…
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Exquisite Commencement Speeches by Famous Authors
A lot of the literary geniuses who penned the eNotes top one hundred literary works are dead—but a surprising number of them aren’t, and have thankfully stuck around long enough to see the invention of YouTube. Check out the funny, profound, tragic, and sometimes surprising revelations offered by the authors you think you know in their…
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Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison
Today, February 18, marks the 82nd birthday of Toni Morrison. Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for her novel Beloved. She is the United States' only living literary Nobel Prize winner (awarded to her in 1993). Morrison was born 'Chloe Wofford' to working class parents in 1931. She grew up in Lorain, Ohio…