Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison
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"Verdelle offers us testimony in praise and consideration of life as a literary citizen and Black woman alongside the guiding light of Toni Morrison. This is a holy testimony, indeed, one that deserves to be amen'd forever.โ โJason Reynolds, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
"Verdelle gives us the greatest giftโour beloved ancestor returned to usโgenerous and alive, remembered and revered. So grateful for this book in the world.โ โJacqueline Woodson, author of Another Brooklyn
"If you let a black girl loose in a library, you may not recognize the woman who emerges."
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Toni Morrison, born Chloe A Wofford, was a towering figure in the world of literature when she entered A.J. Verdelleโs life. Their literary friendship was a young writerโs dreamโsimultaneously exhilarating, intimidating, fulfilling, and challenging. The relationship crossed generations, spanned several cycles in life, exhibited high and low notes, reached and dipped and found its way. Like many women friends, these two writers imagined and built a relationship that was responsive, inventive, and engaged.
Miss Chloe powerfully situates the risks writers face and the freedom they find when they put Black womenโs lives into words. Verdelle chronicles her grief at Morrisonโs passing, and finds comfort in Morrisonโs astute adviceโwisdom Verdelle didnโt always recognize at the time. In this pensive and intricately lyrical book, Verdelle honors Morrison among the cultural greats, while illuminating and celebrating the power of language, legacy, and genius.
A. J. Verdelle is the award-winning author of the novel, The Good Negress. She teaches Creative Writing at Morgan State University and at the MFA program at Lesley University.ย
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A. J. Verdelle is an award-winning novelist and essayist. She is a recipient of a Whiting Writerโs Award and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Lesley University, and teaches undergraduates at Morgan State University. She remains a working mother, and feels confident that the western, Genuine Cowboy, will eventually have a life in print.
