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Zero to Well-Read

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Zero to Well-Read

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Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.7837 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Jeff and Rebecca tackle the debut novel of the all-everything novelist Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye. Subscribe to The Book Riot Newsletter for regular updates to help you get the most out of your reading life. This season of Zero to Well-Read is sponsored by Thriftbooks. Email us: zerotowellread@bookriot.com Zero to Well-Read is a proud member of the Airwave Podcast Network. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Zero to Well Read, a podcast about everything you need to know about the books you wish you'd read.

1:00.9

I'm Jeff O'Neill.

1:01.9

And I'm Rebecca Shinsky.

1:06.9

In this episode, we're discussing Tony Morrison's stunning debut novel, The Blueest Die.

1:11.9

Before we jump in, just a warning for folks, the Blueest Eye does include depictions of child sexual abuse, and we're going to have to address those parts of the book. So if that's a

1:16.5

sensitive topic for you, just please take care with your listening. It is not an easy novel.

1:22.9

The easiest of the Morrison novels, but that does not mean it's an easy, well, Sula. I don't know.

1:28.2

I think that's a great place to start the conversation. I think it is the most stylistically

1:33.5

accessible of Morrison's novels. It's the reason, besides it being the first, to start

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