Banned Book Club: "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison

The Banned Book Club is led by Bryn, dedicated to reading and protecting the most important and threatened books for our generation.

This month, we’re reading Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, the Nobel Prize-winning novel that many consider one of the greatest works of American literature. Banned and challenged for its depictions of race, sexuality, and violence, Morrison's masterpiece follows Milkman Dead as he sets out to uncover the story of his family, tracing a journey that stretches across generations and into the heart of Black American history.

We will meet in person in the loft at our store at The Mark, 117 S. Pineapple Ave. The book club is $17, which includes a copy of Song of Solomon to be picked up at Bookstore1 any time before our meeting.

TONI MORRISON is the author of eleven novels and three essay collections. She received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and in 1993 the Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 2019.

ABOUT BOOK BANS:

Books are under profound attack in the United States. PEN America's latest report, Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Banning, found that 6,870 books bans were enacted during the 2024-25 school year, across 23 states and 87 public school districts. And everywhere, it is the books that have long fought for a place on the shelf that are being targeted. Books by authors of color, by LGBTQ+ authors, by women. Books about racism, sexuality, gender, history. PEN America pushes back against censorship and the intolerance and exclusion that undergird it.

Check out some frequently asked questions about book banning: https://pen.org/book-bans/book-bans-frequently-asked-questions/