But there is one book I read for assigned reading, during my sophomore year book club unit, that has stuck with me to this day. That book is Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” the tragic story of a ...

The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, was published in 1970. Set in Lorain, Ohio — where Morrison herself was born — the book tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old ...

When she went to college, someone called her Toni—and the nickname ... in the early mornings. Morrison not only included autobiographical details in The Bluest Eye (the story is set in Lorain ...

The second of four children, Toni Morrison ... Company52:23Toni Morrison on family bonds, race and coping with personal tragedy 9. According to the American Library Association, The Bluest Eye ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Toni Morrison remains one of the ... groundbreaking impact on the literary landscape. Morrison’s first ...

Ohio established Toni Morrison Day — named for the late Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author born and raised in northeast Ohio — in a nearly unanimous bipartisan vote in 2020. Her books include The ...

Ohio established Toni Morrison Day — named for the late Nobel ... Her books include The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved. During a news conference, children’s author Elisa Stone Leahy ...