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 ...

In this poem, McGinnes explores the themes of beauty and ugliness in Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eyes," using only words from ...

Toni Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize ... morning to write what would eventually become her first novel, The Bluest Eye. The urgency and importance of its message runs like a thread through its ...

I grew up in a home where no book was off-limits. I still remember borrowing Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye from my high school library – a novel that shook me, challenged me, and ultimately ...

The Bottom’s Banned Book Recs: The Rabbit’s Wedding by Garth Williams, The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Bluest Eye by Toni ...

A graphic novel that explores gender identity and sexuality has topped the list of the most challenged books in the U.S. for the second year in a row. Rare Toni Morrison short story to be ...

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