TONI MORRISON IN NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 2008. PORTRAIT BY DAMON WINTER/THE NEW YORK TIMES/REDUX.

TONI MORRISON IN 1974. PHOTOGRAPHED BY JILL KREMENTZ, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

ANGELA DAVIS AND TONI MORRISON IN IN NEW YORK, 1974. PHOTOGRAPHED BY JILL KREMENTZ, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

FRAN LEBOWITZ, TONI MORRISON, AND PAUL LeCLERC OUTSIDE THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1994. PHOTOGRAPHED BY JILL KREMENTZ, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.