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 ...

An Ohio-born author had one of her books on the American Library Association's Top Challenged Books list for 2024.

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 ...

The Bottom’s Banned Book Recs: The Rabbit’s Wedding by Garth Williams, The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto by George M.

Toni Morrison's words still have the power to ... of Black people in America with novels like "Beloved", "The Bluest Eye" and ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison. “Forever” by Judi Blume. “Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. All have been pulled from the shelves of some Florida ...

Features Toni Morrison discussing her journey as a writer ... Morrison reflects on her novels, including "The Bluest Eye," "Sula," and "Song of Solomon," exploring themes of identity, freedom ...

Ohio established Toni Morrison Day — named for the late ... Her books include The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon and Beloved.