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"Born Chloe Ardelia Wofford in Ohio, Toni Morrison grew up listening to her family tell myths, legends, and stories from the Bible. She loved hearing the music and power of the words. Toni also heard new stories from the students from other countries who went to her school. After an early childhood of soaking up tales from those around her, it was no surprise Toni grew into a voracious reader. She worked at her town library as a teenager and was an...
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"Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, to 'jump at de sun,' because even though Zora might not land quite that high, at least she'd get off the ground. And Zora jumped... to Joe Clark's general store to listen to tales of Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox; to Howard Univesrity where she decided she'd be a famous writer; to Harlem in New York City to make that dream come true....
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"Ernest Hemingway wasn’t just a novelist. He was a hunter and a fisherman; he became an ambulance officer in Paris, France, during World War I; and he worked as a reporter during the civil war in Spain in the 1930s. All of these experiences had such an important impact on Ernest’s life that he used them as inspiration for some of his most notable works of fiction, including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and For Whom the Bell Tolls. He...
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