Toni+Morrison

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Toni Morrison grew up during the great depression times. Her Mother and Father took very good care of her and her three siblings. Her father worked four jobs for seventeen year to support the family.Toni Morrison's childhood was filled with childhood waswith African American music,rituals and myths. Storytelling was an important part of life in the Wofford family and both the children and the parents would share stories with one another.She has said that she uses her childhood memories to help her start writing. Her real-life world, is often included in her novels.======

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Once Morrison learned how to read, it became one of the things in life that she loved spending time doing. When she was in high school she read books by authors like, Jane Austen, and Leo Tolstoy. Morrison was impressed by the way these writers wrote about the things that they were familiar with. Their talents motivated her to write in such a way about the things she was most familiar with, particularly African American culture.======

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In 1949 Morrison went to Howard University in Washington, D.C., to study English. She changed her name to Toni because people at Howard had trouble pronouncing the name Chloe.While at Howard she was a member of the Howard University Players, a theater company that presented plays about the lives of African American people. Morrison received her bachelor of arts degree in English from Howard in 1953. After she received her master's degree in English from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1955, she taught for two years at Texas Southern University in Houston. Then she returned to Howard University to teach. She later married a Artchetic from Jamaica who also taught at Howard University.======

= Resume =
 * Toni (Chole) Morrison**
 * Washington D.C**
 * Objective:** writer
 * Education:**
 * Attended and Graduated from Howard University 1949
 * Received Bachelor of arts degree in English from Howard University in 1953
 * Recieved Master's Degree in English from Cornell University in New York 1955
 * Skills/ Abilities:**
 * English teacher at Texas Southern University in Houston
 * Great at writing poetry
 * Has written eight books, most focus on African American's

This is an interview took explaining what motivated me to be come the writer that i am now. [] =Contact Me:= =Toni Morrison Society, Inc.=

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