Toni Morrison was born 82 years ago as Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Lorain, Ohio.
Throughout the course of a literary career that has spanned nearly 50 years, Morrison began as an editor who helped shape the careers of Toni Cade Bambera and Gayl Jones.
She published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970. Morrison went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved and in 2012 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In the video below, Morrison discusses my favorite novel Paradise, and her thoughts on critics.
