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Toni Morrison
Morrison taught creative writing at Princeton and in 1993 received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her lauded novels include The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, and Beloved.
‘Unexplored Corners’
A new Princeton University Library exhibition on Toni Morrison reveals never-before-seen material on her creative process and day-to-day life
Reflections About Toni Morrison
PAW asked several Princetonians for their reflections about Toni Morrison. See below for additional links to essays by alumni and faculty.
The Place of the Idea; The Idea of the Place
Toni Morrison’s keynote address from Princeton’s 250th-anniversary convocation
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’The Wisdom of the Dead and the Energy of the Living’: Reflections on Insights from Toni Morrison
During Opening Exercises on September 8, I discussed some of Toni Morrison’s profound insights into…
Campus Renamings to Honor Toni Morrison, W. Arthur Lewis
West College will be renamed for professor emerita and Nobel laureate in literature Toni Morrison…
Toni Morrison’s New Novel Explores the Aftereffects of Childhood
When professor emeritus Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1993, the award…
Student Filmmakers Focus on Toni Morrison’s Atelier
The Princeton Atelier, founded by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison 12 years ago, is all about…
Toni Morrison Putting Literature in the Limelight
At Princeton, comparative literature is a modest-sized department – about 100 people, if you combine…
Paradise Follows Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Jazz
Even after the Pulitzer, the Nobel, and the news that Oprah Winfrey was starring in…
Toni Morrison and the Nobel Week
Vivian and I have always enjoyed visiting Stockholm. The Baltic light generates very special colors…
Toni Morrison Delivers Nobel Address
President Shapiro led a Princeton entourage to Stockholm, Sweden, in earl December to fete the…
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