- This book was published in 1970
- The Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965
- This was her first book (which like, holy shit, some people just fucking got it going on)
- Toni Morrison is seven years younger than James Baldwin
- Ishita and I argued at length about the barnhouse scene where Cholly is having sex with the girl, and some white men walk in and force him to continue
- At the end of the book, why is Pecola’s delusion complete? Why did Morrison choose this?
- What is beauty? Should it be a virtue?