Nobel laureate Toni Morrison says she wanted to "remove race from slavery" in her new novel. Set in 17th century America, A Mercy features black,... Toni Morrison Finds 'A Mercy' In Servitude Toni ...

Don't be afraid. My telling can't hurt you in spite of what I have done and I promise to lie quietly in the dark-weeping perhaps or occasionally seeing the blood once more-but I will never again ...

Her ninth book stemmed from her interest in “what might it be like to have slavery without race, without racism,” said Morrison, who is an emerita professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts. “It’s ...

A Mercy (Knopf) In this second half of our two-part interview with Toni Morrison, the conversation continues in an attempt to discover the way a novel is built.

Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, who passed away Monday at age 88, leaves behind a legacy of powerful works. Morrison's life and works were chronicled in a documentary that had a limited release this ...