Home Toni Morrison poses February 2, 2004 in her downtown Manhattan apartment in New York City. (Photo by Jean-Christian Bourcart/Getty Images) Toni Morrison poses February 2, 2004 in her downtown Manhattan apartment in New York City. (Photo by Jean-Christian Bourcart/Getty Images)

Toni Morrison poses February 2, 2004 in her downtown Manhattan apartment in New York City. (Photo by Jean-Christian Bourcart/Getty Images)

Toni Morrison (Photo by Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images)

Oprah Winfrey and Toni Morrison attend the Carl Sandburg literary awards dinner at the University of Illinois at Chicago Forum on October 20, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/FilmMagic)