Banned Book Club: The Bluest Eye
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Thursday, May 28, 2026 6pm - 7pm
Location
Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library
300 West Aspen Ave
Details
Celebrate the freedom to read with the Banned Book Club. In May, we're reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. We will discuss not only the book itself, but also the concepts of free speech and censorship as we encounter them in the modern world.
Synopsis:
The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, a book heralded for its richness of language and boldness of vision. Set in the author's girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove. Pecola prays for her eyes to turn blue so that she will be as beautiful and beloved as all the blond, blue-eyed children in America. In the autumn of 1941, the year the marigolds in the Breedloves' garden do not bloom. Pecola's life does change—in painful, devastating ways.
With its vivid evocation of the fear and loneliness at the heart of a child's yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment. The Bluest Eye remains one of Toni Morrison's most powerful, unforgettable novels- and a significant work of American fiction.
