... was very stern, and her mother was not always there for Emily and her siblings. This absence, one can speculate, might have caused some of Emily's eccentricity. Massachusetts in the 1800's was dominantly Puritan; therefore, Emily Dickinson was raised in the Christian tradition and was expected to take up ... nomination for the National Book Award. In 1977, Morrison won the National Book Critics Circle Award for her book Song of Solomon. Her other works include Tar Baby (1981), Jazz (1992), Paradise (1998), and, of course, Beloved. That novel, considered by many to be her best, won the Pu...

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