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  <name><![CDATA[Toni Morrison]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford), is an American author, editor, and professor who won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature for being an author &quot;who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.&quot; 
Her novels are known for their epic themes, vivid dialogue, and richly detailed African American characters; among the best known are her novels [book:The Bluest Eye], [book:Song of Solomon], and [book:Beloved], which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988. In 2001 she was named one of &quot;The 30 Most Powerful Women in America&quot; by Ladies' Home Journal.

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  <title><![CDATA[Beloved]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Bluest Eye]]></title>
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  <published>1969</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Song of Solomon]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Sula (Oprah's Book Club)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Paradise (Oprah's Book Club)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Jazz]]></title>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[A Mercy]]></title>
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  <published>2008</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Tar Baby]]></title>
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  <published>1981</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Love: A Novel]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Playing in the Dark : Whiteness and the Literary Imagination]]></title>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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