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On Morrison by Namwali Serpell review a landmark appraisal of the great novelist's work

Toni Morrison's novels demand rigorous formal analysis that prioritizes narrative strategies and craft over sociopolitical readings, revealing complexity and deliberate difficulty.

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Nobody Knows "The Bluest Eye"

Banned as it's been, everybody knows what The Bluest Eye is about: a little black girl who wishes she had blue eyes. That's not really a spoiler. Besides, Toni Morrison didn't care about spoilers. In fact, she gave away the whole plot of her very first novel in its opening narration: "Quiet as it's kept, there were no marigolds in the fall of 1941. We thought, at the time, that it was because Pecola was having her father's baby."

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On Morrison by Namwali Serpell review a landmark appraisal of the great novelist's work

Nobody Knows "The Bluest Eye"

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#the-bluest-eye