Princeton years From 1989 until her retirement in 2006, Morrison held the Robert F. Goheen Chair in the Humanities at Princeton University. She said she did not think much of modern fiction writers who reference their own lives instead of inventing new material, and she used to tell her creative writing students, "I don't want to hear about your little life, OK?" Similarly, she chose not to write about her own life in a memoir or autobiography.
princeton years from 1989 until her retirement in 2006 morrison held the robert f goheen chair in the humanities at princeton university she said she did not think much of modern fiction writers who reference their own lives instead of inventing new material and she used to tell her creative writing students "i don't want to hear about your little life ok" similarly she chose not to write about her own life in a memoir or autobiography