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| | VG: Artist Biography: Morrison, Toni |
 | | Toni Morrison, the daughter of Ramah and George Wofford, was born on February 18, 1931. |
 | | Growing up in Lorain, Ohio, which was "an escape from stereotyped fl settings -- neither plantation nor ghetto," Morrison, the second of four children, immersed herself in the close-knit community spirit and the folklore, myth, and supernatural beliefs of her culture. |
 | | After obtaining a degree in English and in the classics, Morrison enrolled in graduate school at Cornell University where she wrote her master's thesis on the works of Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. |
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