What's /lit/'s opinion on Toni Morrison? Particulary

>>9712003
Also, she would be the first black author I've read

>>9712003
I read it in high school and was unimpressed. It's typical brown resentment lit and follows all the cliches of writing done by the grievance class. The magical realism is obviously a crutch and becomes incredibly irritating by the story's conclusion. The thought motivating the nonsensical narrative is very shallow and sophomoric and the characters are uninteresting. I advise everyone to avoid this book as it is a waste of time

>>9712009
would you like an award?

>>9712026
>ha! I'll show this fool what for with my razor sharp wit

>>9712009

That's surprising. You never read any poetry or short stories by black writers in any of your college classes until now?

Well, I wouldn't take that into any account as far as you enjoying her work. I actually haven't read anything by her myself, but give it a try, if you don't like her work, than you don't like it. I don't really think anyone else can tell you what you will an wont like, especially without knowing you better.

definition of affirmative action writer. only popular because college profs feel like they need a black author to put on their syllabi

>>9712041

But there are many more to use besides her. I've literally never heard of her, or read any of her works, and I've taken a bunch of literature classes so that I could get credits for reading.

Probably the best recent American author desu

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>>9712003
William Gass wrote like a 4 page introduction for Morrison. Pic related.
He also mention her in an interview, saying her works were like an opera, less than a novel, and should be approached a different way.
If you've seen or read any of her interviews, she's very intelligent but oddly obsessive. Like really obsessive about things. Especially sentence structure, holy shit. The only place you'll see any vague and dismissive negative criticism of her is on /lit/ for obvious reasons. Mostly everywhere else she's mentioned among the rest of the older pomo generation of writers, most frequently Pynchon because of their stylistic similarities.
I personally don't like her maternal tone she writes with, but she is very obviously a very good writer.

>>9712031
Cringe

I could be wrong, but I think she's the first black writer to get published. Even if it's not the greatest work, it's definitely an important feat to Blacks integrating into society after slavery, and Jim Crow