Morrison, Toni

A mysterious voice weaves the story of a black door-to-door salesman of beauty products who shoots his young lover and of his wife who tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife in 1926.

A young rabbit describes all sorts of mean people--big and little ones, shouting and whispering ones--and then presents a way to rise above them.

Follows the life of Macon Dead, Jr., the son of the richest black family in a midwestern town, as he leaves home on a quest for personal freedom.

Traces the lives of two African-American women who grew up together in a small Ohio town and chose different lifestyles as adults.

An eleven-year-old African-American girl in Ohio, in the early 1940s, prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be beautiful.

A stunning, eloquent contemporary love story which dramatizes the dilemma of black identity.

Presents a collection of essays from a variety of authors, including John Updike, Russell Banks, and Salman Rushdie, on censorship and the power of literature on society.

The late Bill Cosey, one-time owner of the Cosey Hotel and Resort, a hot spot for vacationing African-Americans, is kept alive through the memories of the women he loved and who were loved by him.