PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) 鈥� A monthslong at Princeton University, where the Nobel laureate taught for 17 years, will range from music created and performed by Grammy-winning vocalist Ce虂cile McLorin Salvant to a spring lecture series and three-day symposium featuring author Edwidge Danticat, among others.
The tribute will center on 鈥淭oni Morrison: Sites of Memory,鈥� an exhibition drawn from her archives that will explore her creative process through manuscripts, correspondence between herself and other Black women, photographs, maps she drew while working on her acclaimed novel 鈥淏eloved," rare drafts of her novel 鈥淪ong of Solomon鈥� and various unfinished projects. The exhibit runs at the Princeton University Library from Feb. 22 to June 4.
鈥淚n imagining this initiative 鈥� from exhibition to symposium to partner projects 鈥� I wanted to show the importance of the archive to understanding Morrison鈥檚 work and practice. But I also wanted to show how this archive in particular is a site that opens up new lines of inquiry and inspires new kinds of collaboration," said curator Autumn Womack, assistant professor of English and African American Studies at Princeton, in a statement released Wednesday.
Morrison, was also known for such novels as 鈥淪ula," 鈥淭he Bluest Eye鈥� and 鈥淛azz." She won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993.
The Associated Press
