Ep 760 - The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison

Overdue by Andrew Cunningham and Craig Getting

Jul 20, 202601:02:11Arts

Toni Morrison's debut novel traces the tragedy of a young girl named Pecola Breedlove and the community that failed her. By splintering the book's perspective across the community of Lorain, she humanizes everyone and ex...

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