Christine tells Jessica about the history and reception of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye--still one of the most banned books in the US--in a surprisingly emotional conversation.

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Tune in next week when we discuss Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe! 

Links to episode 2 quotations and further reading:

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Nov. 1, 1970 New York Times review of The Bluest Eye by Haskel Frankel 
• The federal lawsuit filed by Penguin Random House against Escambia County, FL 
• Toni Morrison on language – Toni Morrison’s full Nobel Prize for Literature speech
• More about the first Black doll company in the United States and the history of Shindana Toys and Black dolls

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