![]() ![]() She was the second of four children of Ramah and George Wofford. Nobel laureate Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. The book was nominated for a National Book Award in 1974 Author Biography The novel was well received by critics, who particularly praised her vivid imagery, strong characterization, and poetic prose, as well as her terse, realistic dialogue. Others, however, fought back, as Sula does when she threatens some white boys who are harassing her and Nel. Morrison shows how, faced with racist situations, some people had to grovel to whites simply to get by, as Helene does on a train heading through the South. Eva, for example, cuts off her leg in order to get money to raise her family. The book addresses issues of racism, bigotry, and suppression of African Americans it depicts the despair people feel when they can't get decent jobs, and the determination of some to survive. ![]() ![]() Morrison began writing Sula in 1969, a time of great activism among African Americans and others who were working toward equal civil rights and opportunities. Morrison drew on her own small-town, Midwestern childhood to create this tale of conformity and rebellion. Set in the early 1900s in a small Ohio town called Medallion, it tells the story of two African-American friends, Sula and Nel, from their childhood through their adulthood and Sula's death. Sula, published in 1973 in New York, is Toni Morrison's second novel. ![]()
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