Sites of Memory Symposium @sitesof_memory

Someone DM’d us this screenshot—so dope that our Toni’s Bookshop installation at Princeton was SO warmly welcomed & celebrated. May our good deeds add on to Ms. Morrison’s. 🙏🏾

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“One of the things I want to highlight in the archive is the fact that Toni Morrison was an exemplar of her community, not an exception to it.” Daniel Alexander Jones A look inside our Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory exhibition provided by @GMA: goodmorningamerica.com/gma3/video/ivy…

Tonight at 5 pm, we kick off the Toni Morrison Lectures! Held over three days, March 28 – 30, this year's lectures spotlight the new and exciting work of @FJasmineG! pp.events/aas_tonimorris…

Toni Morrison exhibit at Princeton honors a lifetime of work, down to her Post-its: bit.ly/40mjnGo

Last month, @GeneJarrett shared the story of how remarkable libraries bookended the professional career of the legendary African American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar at the turn of the 20th century. Missed it? Check out our recording: mediacentral.princeton.edu/media/FPUL+Sma…

We know #SOMS2023 just finished, but our yearlong celebration of Toni Morrison continues this very week with "And You Thought You Knew Her," the 2023 Toni Morrison Lectures @PrincetonAAS, delivered by the renowned @FJasmineG. 3/28-3/30, 5pm EST, 10 McCosh Hall. See you there!

The scholars at @Princeton enjoying our literary arts installation—Toni’s Bookshop. This is the feeling right here…

We’re about to start our final conversation, “Archival Imaginaries,” convened by Angie Cruz and feat. Kaitlyn Greenidge, ZZ Packer, and Nelly Rosario #SOMS2023

Parking is free today in the Theater Drive structure right next to the Lewis Center, so come on by and have some breakfast, lunch, and snacks and enjoy the panels and closing plenary of #SOMS2023

@sitesof_memory @IdasBooks For the archive—

It’s the final day of #SOMS2023 and your last chance to see Toni Morrison’s THE BLUEST EYE book display designed by @harriettsbooks and @IdasBooks. Drop by and experience the work for yourself. #TheBlackBook

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@PUTIGERS .@grace_stone10 of the clutch 3-pointer that propelled @PrincetonWBB into Round 2 of #MarchMadness, is adding her insights to the critical analysis of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” working with English & @PrincetonAAS assoc. prof. @kinohin, one of the organizers of @sitesof_memory.

Feeling full from a day of thinking about and continuing to learn from Toni Morrison. Thanks to Autumn Womack and @kinohin for hosting this beautiful gathering. #SOMS2023

Wonder what @NobelPrize laureate Toni Morrison's creative process was like? Look no further than @PULibrary's "Sites of Memory" exhibit, which explores the archives of the renowned writer. 📝 bit.ly/3JDaRMk

Join us in person on the final day of #SOMS2023 for a morning of music, film, poetry, and performance with "'nobody knew for what,'" a set curated by Sarah Jane Cervenak and feat. JJJJJerome Ellis, Ja'Tovia Gary, Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves, and fahima ife. We start at 10:30am EST

A full evening with Mame Diarra Samantha Speis and Daniel Alexander Jones: THE TONI MORRISON PROJECT. Carrot cake was had in honor of Toni Morrison! #SOMS2023 Tickets for 3/25 performance available here 👉 mccarter.org/season/2022-20…

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Edwidge Danticat gave a beautiful keynote on Toni Morrison tonight. Saidiya Hartman, Imani Perry, & a host of my professors—including Erica Edwards, Dana A. Williams, & Meta DuEwa Jones—were in the room among so many other giants. The legacy + lineage is too monumental for words.

"Morrison's Classicism" at #SOMS2023, convened by Stephen Best, feat. Emily Greenwood, Vanessa Stovall, and Mario Teló, with a response by Tracey Walters. Join us in person @princetonarts or online 👉 sitesofmemorysymposium.org

We're about to start "Writing the Archive" at #SOMS2023, convened by Dana A. Williams, feat. Brent Hayes Edwards, @DrAngieMitchell, and @imaniperry. Join us in person @princetonarts or online 👉 sitesofmemorysymposium.org