TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE
April 28 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, happening 4 times
Presented by Professor Onyema Nweze
In the Afterword of The Bluest Eye, Morrison writes, “beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.” 50 years ago, Morrison’s first novel challenged audiences to witness Pecola Breedlove, whom Hilton Als describes as “a manifestation of a sick society, the ailing body of America, whose racial malaise” is responsible for producing Pecolas. Now one does not have to look far to see beauty being done in the embracing of natural hair and darker skin tones. However, is America still struggling with a “racial malaise” that is still fostering Pecola productions? Join Onyema Nweze in a deep reading and discussion of Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison’s first novel.
Rescheduled from Fall 2020!
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, central time
Four Wednesdays; April 7, 14, 21, 28
Text: The Bluest Eye, ISBN: 0452282195
$75; Members $65; Educator Members $30
