This week we discuss Fox News' favorite bogeyman du jour, Critical Race Theory, and how it pertains to this novel. What does Critical Race Theory have to do with utopias? What is Morrison saying about ideological fixity? There are some spoilers in this episode, so if you haven't finished the book yet, check out our spoiler-free discussion in our review.
For this series we will read and discuss Toni Morrison's Paradise Jan 14-28, Mike Resnick's Kirinyaga Feb 4-18, and Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed Feb 25 - Mar 11.
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