
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is my first, but far from last, Morrison book. I am making a point this year to read more modern classics from authors like Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, and James Baldwin. The Bluest Eye can be summed up on one word: heartbreaking. It can also be summed up in a phrase: Pecola is still among us and this still happens. It is easy to reflect on a story of a tragic young girl and think, this doesn't happen anymore, but sadly it does. We often tu