Beloved author and activist Toni Morrison has passed away at the age of 88. 

Well regarded for her first book The Bluest Eye, Morrison won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988 for her novel Beloved and was the first black woman to receive the Nobel literature prize, awarded in 1993.  As a book editor, author, professor and activist Morrison was a powerful force in bringing Black voices, characters and perspectives to a wider audience. 

A recently released documentary about the life and work of Toni Morrison entitled The Pieces I Am, features interviews with the author, her contemporaries and fans about the impact of her work. 

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