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Annotated Bibliography by Crystal Rockstrom

Bloom, Harold. "Modern Critical Views." __Toni Morrison__. Eds harold Bloom. Philadelphia: chelsea House Publishers, 1999 231-232

The book Modern Critical Views on Toni Morrison had a great Chronogly. The book had alot of different views on Morrison from many different authors. The main part of the book I used was the chronolgy in the back of the book. It had all the dates of the important times in her life up untill the book was published. It had all the dates of when her most important and famous books were published. It also had a little on her personal life.

Bloom, Harold. "Comprehensive Research and Study Guide, Bloom's Major Novelists." __Toni Morrison__. Eds Harold Bloom. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, 200 10-12

The other book about Toni Morrison by Harold Bloom had a great bibliography which was at the beginning of the book. It told of her time as a child and her high school years. It explains how hard she worked to get through school and become the great writer she is. It also had alot of dates of her major writing events in her life. The rest of the book gave the plot summary,list of characters, and critical views on some of the many books she has written.

McCarthy, Joanne. "Toni Morrison." __Magill's Choice: American Ethnic Writers__ (2000). Literary Reference Center. .

This artical on Toni Morrison was a great source. It gave a list of her long fiction, drama, non-fiction, and children's literature she has written. It gave a wonderful profile of her life and a list of other books you can find on her. It also had references to read about alot of the books she has written. This source helped me find out where Toni Morrison was from and how she became so dedicated to writing. It also gave me some dates of major things that happened to her.

"Morrison, Toni (1931-)." UXL Biographies. Online detroit: UXL, 2003. Stutent Resource Center- Gold. Gale. Fuquay varina High School/WCPS/. 22 May. 2008

This article was a great source to read about Toni Morrisons life as a child hood and where she got her inspirations for her books. It also has a list of most of her famous books and dates of when they were published. Reflection 3

I've learned that I do not like having a project where you turn in things little by little. I like having one due date. It isn't jost one paper that you have to write for hours and hours. You still had to write citations and find all your informations. She was the first African-American writer to win a Nobel Prize. The easiest part was finding the information and the hardest part was turning things in on time. I choose the talk show interview because I thought it would be the easiest with the infor I had on my author. I suggest you ahve a better time plan and make sure we have enough time to work on the wikispaces, so we know exactly what we are doing and what we are going to write. Not really because I was in a rush trying to get done and I only know a few certian facts about my writer.

Talk Show

Host: Welcome to the show! Today we have one of the greatest female African-American writers. She has won countless awards for her books and, one of her biggest achivements, the Noble Prize in 1933 being the first African-American writer to win.

Q Host: Where did your intrest for writing begin?

A Toni: I had alot of impact and influence form my family, mostly my parents and grandparents.

Q Host: So your childhood had alot of impact on your writings?

A Toni: Yes, I was born into a family with four other siblings on Feb. 18, 1931 as Chloe Anthony Wofford. All of my family were great storytellers. So i grew up listiening to a great deal of stories. Listening to my parents tell ghost stories became on of my favorite pastimes as a child.

Q Host: Were you a good student in school?

A Toni: Yes, I worked really hard. At a young age i was able to read from all the stories my family told. I graduated with honors from Lorain High School in 1950. I then enrolled at Howard University where i decided to major in english. That is where i changed my name from Chloe to Toni.

Q Host: Was there any significant reason for changing your name.

A Toni: The only reason i decided to change my name was because people had difficulty pronouncing the name Chloe.

Q Host: What started your career in writing?

A Toni: Well I gained my B.A. in 1953 from Howard University. From there I went to Cornell University, where in 1955 i gained my Masters degree in english. I then took on a teaching career for two years at Texas Southern University in Houston, after becoming an instructor in English at Howard University. I was usually a reader than a writer and never really cared to be an author, but i somehow ended up in a writer's group while I was teaching at Howard and this is where i wrote a short story that became the basis for my first book, The Bluest Eye, which got published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston in 1969.

Q Host: What are some of your other books you have written over the past years?

A Toni: I have written Beloved, Jazz, Song of solomon, Sula,Tar Baby, Paradise, and Love are some of the many things i have written.

Q Host: How does it feel winning all these awards not expecting to ever even become a writer.

A Toni: I've always loved reading and listening to stories so it probably is'nt much of a surprise to most people. It was a great achievement for me but my most proud moment was when i won the Nobel Prize.

Q Host: So did you ever marry or have children?

A Toni: Yes while I was teaching at Howard I met and married a Jamaican arcitect Harold Morrison and I gave birth to two sons.

Q Host: How did they support you in your writing?

A Toni: Well things didn't really work out with me and my husband and we divorced in 1964. But my kids loved for me to read some things i had written to them before and while they were getting ready for bed.

Q. Host: So do you plan on writing anymore books?

A Toni: I absolutely plan on bringing alot more books to the world in my time.

Host: Well we are very pleased to have had an educated well rounded writer on our show today we hope to see you again!