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Information on this page is often repeated. Some information does not belong to the section it is placed in, or the information within the section could be organized better by chronological or ideological grouping. The sections themselves (i.e. "Death", "Legacy", "Artistic Influences") may not progress in a logical or related order; I have tried to fix this, but I am not sure if my solution is good. The writing can often be unclear as well (the flow is not great and it is grammatically hard to understand), and occasionally feels a bit subjective. As an example: the first paragraph of "1961-1963: Literary influences" ("Morrison's senior year English teacher later said...") could honestly just be merged into the "Early life and education" section, as it deals with the same timeframe. If this is done, the second paragraph, "Morrison went to live with his paternal grandparents...", could also be merged into that same section. Advice on possibly completing this merge would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InsistentlyPerturbed (talk • contribs) 07:24, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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