On this episode of Stories of -Esses, Gaby and Daniel talk about Toni Morrison's one and only short story, Recitatif. They dive into the complexities of friendship and they great experiment by one of America's greatest writers. This episodes touches on Toni Morrisson's view of how friendships go beyond the boundaries of race and societal expectations and makes sure the reader faces their own biases and expectations for the characters and the author herself.

This week’s resources are:

https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/toni-morrison-recitatif-short-story-zadie-smith#:~:text=In the extraordinary “Recitatif%2C”,the subject of her experiment.&text=In 1980 Toni Morrison,a  ...