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Recitatif: A Story
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bookshelves: black-women-writers, buddy-reads, caught-my-eye, cultural-commentary, identified-literary-greats, short-stories
Feb 13, 2022
bookshelves: black-women-writers, buddy-reads, caught-my-eye, cultural-commentary, identified-literary-greats, short-stories
Twyla is Black.
Who is who? Also, how do you, the reader, know it?
These are the foundational questions held in the back of your mind when reading Recitatif, the only short story by Ms. Toni Morrison.
Incredibly layered and thought-provoking; I think I could have done without the Introduction by Zadie Smith. I would highly recommend reading the extended introduction to Recitatif after tackling the story.
I love the experimental nature of the writing and of course we do because it forces us to consider deeply. I was confronted with some of my own biases when reading and had to double back a few times in my mind to ask myself why I thought the way I did about each girl and her mother.
Toni Morrison encourages readers to interface with their community & racial history in a variety of ways to understand the larger context of this story. She then concludes Recitatif by leaving us with questions surrounding what is understood by the reader about others and the nuances and circumstances of their lives. This is something that Toni Morrison does best.
Who is who? Also, how do you, the reader, know it?
These are the foundational questions held in the back of your mind when reading Recitatif, the only short story by Ms. Toni Morrison.
Incredibly layered and thought-provoking; I think I could have done without the Introduction by Zadie Smith. I would highly recommend reading the extended introduction to Recitatif after tackling the story.
I love the experimental nature of the writing and of course we do because it forces us to consider deeply. I was confronted with some of my own biases when reading and had to double back a few times in my mind to ask myself why I thought the way I did about each girl and her mother.
Toni Morrison encourages readers to interface with their community & racial history in a variety of ways to understand the larger context of this story. She then concludes Recitatif by leaving us with questions surrounding what is understood by the reader about others and the nuances and circumstances of their lives. This is something that Toni Morrison does best.
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Reading Progress
February 10, 2022
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February 10, 2022
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to-read
February 11, 2022
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February 13, 2022
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black-women-writers
February 13, 2022
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identified-literary-greats
February 13, 2022
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cultural-commentary
February 13, 2022
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caught-my-eye
February 13, 2022
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buddy-reads
February 13, 2022
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short-stories
February 13, 2022
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Finished Reading