Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Great Regulars: [Toni] Morrison was raised in a house

full of art and culture where fairy tales, ghost stories, myth and music prevailed. Storytelling was a Wofford family tradition among the adults and children. The importance of listening and narration helped form Morrison's understanding of the world and inspired her love of reading. Her parents encouraged her intellectual curiosity and during her adolescence, Morrison became engrossed by classic literature including the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy and Jane Austen.

from findingDulcinea: Happy Birthday: Toni Morrison, Nobel Prize-Winning Author

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