... English from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, she taught for two years at Texas Southern University in Houston before she returned to Howard University to teach ("Toni Morrison Biography"). It wasn't long before Toni met Harold Morrison, a young architect, who also taught at Howard University. They married in 1958 and had two sons, Harold and Slade, before divorcing ... company. While serving as a publisher, she published books by several African American writers. She also enjoyed lecturing across the country, teaching part-time, and writing many novels ("Toni Morrison Biography"...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... love for Robby? Towards the end of the novel there is a similar scene where Bret is surrounded by pictures of Robby. Bret called it his "grim shrine to his biography" (Ellis 394). Bret says his father had become "someone who either didn't know his son was lost on to him or refused to believe it" (Ellis 234 ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... human experience in Mistry's fiction. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. Even Mistry's biography constitutes a kind of balancing act. Born in India in 1952, he grew up in Bombay and received a degree from the University of Bombay in mathematics and economics. In 1975 he ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... human experience in Mistry's fiction. Full Text: COPYRIGHT 1999 University of Oklahoma The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. Even Mistry's biography constitutes a kind of balancing act. Born in India in 1952, he grew up in Bombay and received a degree from the University of Bombay in mathematics and economics. In 1975 he ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... not a science fiction, but rather an epic narrative of Indian history in Lafferty style. . Being raised in Oklahoma probably sparked the interest in the Five Civilized Tribes. It is the biography of a fictional character "Hannali Innominee", a Choctaw chief, which begins around 1830 and ends after the Civil War around 1870. The main character is well established in the Choctaw lands before ... ...

• Word Count: 2850
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School