Episode · The Book Review · 2024-07-18
Books mentioned on Toni Morrison's Legacy
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Yellow House
The Yellow House by Sarah M.
Discussed“Sarah broom will be here to talk about her new book the yellow house”
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The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is a powerful and haunting debut novel that examines the tragic experiences of a young Black girl growing up in post-depression America who desperately longs for blue eyes.
Discussed“I mean but five years after so but it's true that they don't have the sort of Titanic galvanic force of something like Song of Solomon or or beloved or even The Bluest Eye”
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Beloved
Beloved by Toni Morrison is a powerful, haunting novel about a formerly enslaved woman haunted by the trauma of her past and the literal ghost of the daughter she lost.
Discussed“I mean but five years after so but it's true that they don't have the sort of Titanic galvanic force of something like Song of Solomon or or beloved or even The Bluest Eye”
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Tar Baby
Toni Morrison's novel Tar Baby received thoughtful reflection and recommendation across multiple episodes of The Book Review in July 2024.
Discussed“and then a couple years later I checked out a copy of tar baby this this very Edition um from my my high school library”
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Paradise
Discussed“Paradise I agree with Dwight that it does suffer in some ways from being overwritten”
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Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison is a monumental, lyrical novel that traces the multi-generational journey of Milkman Dead as he uncovers his family's rich history, cultural roots, and the transcendent mythologies of the African American experience.
Discussed“I mean but five years after so but it's true that they don't have the sort of Titanic galvanic force of something like Song of Solomon or or beloved or even The Bluest Eye”
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Sula
Sula by Toni Morrison is a powerful, lyrical novel that explores the complex dynamics of female friendship, community expectations, and identity within a small Ohio town across several decades.
Discussed“and yeah I think my Katie had read she had read Sula because that was the book that I was most fascinated to read”
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Priestdaddy
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood is a sharply witty and unconventional memoir recounting the author's eccentric upbringing in the Midwest as the daughter of a married Catholic priest.
Recommended“I'm reading a memoir called priest Daddy it's all one word priest daddy by the poet Patricia Lockwood that came out in 2017”
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The shepherd's hut
The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton is a powerful recent novel that follows a fifteen-year-old boy named Jaxie Clackton as he flees across Western Australia after his abusive father dies in an accident.
Discussed“so I'm talking to him about his most recent book The Shepherd's Hut but about his career as well and so I've been going back and reading some of his his backlist”
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Breath
Breath by Tim Winton is a 2008 novel by the Australian author that follows two teenage boys in Western Australia.
Recommended“and the one I read most recently is a 2008 novel called breath and it's a fairly short novel by his standards and it's about two teenage boys in Western Australia”
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Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet is a sweeping, multi-generational novel by Tim Winton that chronicles the lives of two working-class families in post-World War II Perth, Australia, as they share a large, dilapidated house and navigate grief, hardship, and the supernatural.
Recommended“oh what first you know there's a big novel from the early 90s called Cloud street that I think is the way that a lot of people find him”
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Dirt music
Dirt Music by Tim Winton is a powerful, sweeping novel set against the rugged Australian landscape that explores themes of escape, healing, and complex human relationships.
Recommended“I really loved a novel called dirt music”
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Island Home
Island Home by Tim Winton is a reflective and evocative memoir that explores the author's deep connection to the landscapes of Australia alongside pressing environmental themes.
Recommended“I really loved this breath and he's got a beautiful Memoir from a few years ago called Island home which is really just a sort of environmentalist activist book about Australia”
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The Doll Factory
The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal is a dark historical thriller set in Victorian London that weaves together obsession, art, and the plight of a young woman aspiring to be an artist amidst the construction of the Great Exhibition.
Recommended“so I'm reading the doll factory by Elizabeth mcneel which was part of our July Thriller issue”
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Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown is an unconventional, kaleidoscopic biography that shatters traditional biographical norms to portray the rebellious and often tragic royal.
Recommended“I'm reading a book I said I was going to read it this summer against all of my initial better instincts 99 glimpses of Princess Margaret by Craig Brown on the cover it says riging irresistible unput downable”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“there was this book that this woman had written about slavery and I don't know if at the time it was like talked about as like in some way related to roots or what”
“I know Leon Urus it's not really I read all of exodus”