The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old ...

1. The second of four children, Toni Morrison was born in Ohio on Feb. 18, 1931. She would have been 94 in 2025. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images; Fact: CBC) 3. Morrison's paternal and maternal ...