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Jazz
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[If you haven't watched the documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, do yourself a favor and find it somewhere.]
Hey Harlem. Gossip Girl here. And I have the biggest news ever. One of my many sources, Chloe31, sends us this: “Spotted at funeral, knife in hand: Violet Trace.� Was it only weeks ago our Dead Girl was warming Joe Trace’s bed? And suddenly, she’s dead. Don't believe me? See for yourselves. Lucky for us, Chloe31 sent proof. Thanks for the novel, Toni. Who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell. So until next time, you know you love me. Gossip Girl.
(Meatier than The Bluest Eye, but less labyrinthine than Paradise—it may be my favorite Toni Morrison yet. Prohibition, jazz, New York City, and scenes from a marriage. The author titled it Jazz, but it could just as easily have been called Love—a later Toni Morrison title. Great things are achieved with only a handful of characters, including the gossipy unidentified narrator. Have I mentioned that books set in New York City just do it for me? Despite my doubts, this one didn’t disappoint.)
Hey Harlem. Gossip Girl here. And I have the biggest news ever. One of my many sources, Chloe31, sends us this: “Spotted at funeral, knife in hand: Violet Trace.� Was it only weeks ago our Dead Girl was warming Joe Trace’s bed? And suddenly, she’s dead. Don't believe me? See for yourselves. Lucky for us, Chloe31 sent proof. Thanks for the novel, Toni. Who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell. So until next time, you know you love me. Gossip Girl.
(Meatier than The Bluest Eye, but less labyrinthine than Paradise—it may be my favorite Toni Morrison yet. Prohibition, jazz, New York City, and scenes from a marriage. The author titled it Jazz, but it could just as easily have been called Love—a later Toni Morrison title. Great things are achieved with only a handful of characters, including the gossipy unidentified narrator. Have I mentioned that books set in New York City just do it for me? Despite my doubts, this one didn’t disappoint.)
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