She's won the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes and recently received the PEN/Borders Literary Service Award. A new collection of her nonfiction, What Moves at the Margin, is out now. Toni Morrison will now take your questions
TIME.com presents a highly unscientific study of the 10 best and 10 worst mothers from art and pop culture
The Project for Excellence in Journalism said it was surprised at how much the Comedy Central late-night program resembles The O'Reilly Factor, Hardball and other cable news shows in content
Why do we have to suffer through movies like What Happens in Vegas, which is the worst-in-breed not only for this year, but very likely in living memory?
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Gaughan denied a defense motion to again postpone the trial in which the Grammy-winning R&B singer is accused of having sex with a girl as young as 13 on videotape
The new Wachowski brothers movie revs up for a vibrantly virtual ride
The network, which has reported that college students get high and watch Yo Gabba Gabba!, the most awesome kids' show on TV, is apparently unaware that adults have been doing this sort of thing since practically the dawn of television.
The transit center by Santiago Calatrava that's planned for the WTC site is being trimmed again for budget reasons. They promise to respect his bird-like design. I'm waiting for the other wing to drop.
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From McCain to the Guitar Hero guys, our correspondent asks TIME's most influential people the most meaningless questions
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