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If I can pluck courage here, I would like to speak directly to the dead — the September dead. Those children of ancestors born in every continent on the planet Asia, Europe. Africo, the Americas born of ancestors who wore kilts, obis, saris, geles, wide straw hats, yarmulkes, goatskin, wooden shoes, feathers and cloths to cover their hair But I would not say a word until I could set aside all I know or believe about nations, war, leaders, the governed and ungovernable. all I suspect about armor and entrails first I would freshen my tongue, abandon sentences crafted to know evil-wanton or studied, explosive or quietly sinister, whether born of a sated appetite or hunger, of vengeance or the simple compulsion to stand up before falling down I would purge my language of hyperbole. of its eagerness to analyze the levels of wickedness, ranking them, calculating their higher or lower status among others of its kind.</p> <p class="lgr">Speaking to the broken and the dead is too difficult for a mouth full of blood. Too holy an act for impure thoughts Because the dead are free, absolute; they cannot be seduced by blitz. <p class="lgr">To speak to you, the dead of September, I must not claim false intimacy or summon an overheated heart glazed , just in time for o camera I must be steady and I must be clear, knowing all the time that I have nothing to say-no words stronger than the steel that pressed you into itself, no scripture older or more elegant than the ancient atoms you have become. <p class="lgr">And I have nothing to give either-except this gesture, this thread thrown between your humanity and mine I wont to hold you in my arms and as your soul got shot of its box of flesh to understand, as you have done, the wit of eternity its gift of unhinged release tearing through the darkness of its knell.</p> <p class="lgr">TONI MORRISON</p>--> </div> <div id="right_content"> <a href="/society-memberships.html" title="Join the Toni Morrison Society" style="color: #ffffff"> <img src="i/join_button.jpg" alt="Join the Toni Morrison Society" border="0" style="margin-top: 3px" /></a> <a href="/society-memberships.html" title="Renew your membership to the Toni Morrison Society" style="color: #ffffff"> <img src="i/renew_button.jpg" alt="Renew your membership to the Toni Morrison Society" border="0" style="margin-top: 3px" /></a> <a href="/donations.php" title="Donate to Annual Fund" style="color: #ffffff"> <img src="/i/giving_button_2024.png" alt="Donate to Annual Fund" style="margin-top: 3px" border="0" /></a> <a href="bench.html" title="Place a Bench by the Road" style="color: #ffffff"> <img src="i/Bench_button.jpg" alt="Place a Bench by the Road" border="0" style="margin-top: 3px" /></a> <!-- UPCOMING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> <h3 style="border-color: #9e6638 #9e6638 -moz-use-text-color; border-bottom: medium double">upcoming</h3> <div class="home-rail-links" style="padding-right: 10px;"> <!-- UPCOMING START --> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>January 9-12, 2020</span> <a href="https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2020">Modern Language Assocation Convention<br/> Seattle, Washington<br/> <strong>[More Information]</strong></a></p> <br/--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>June 23rd, 2020</span> <a href="/pbs.php">Toni Morrison: The Pieces That I Am<br/> PBS Documentary 7central 8pm eastern<br/> <strong>[More Information]</strong></a></p> <br/>--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>August 5, 2020</span> <a href="/index.20200729.php">The Enduring Legacy of Toni Morrison<br/> Virtual Event 8-9pm<br/> Sponsored by the Toni Morrison Society<br/> <strong>[More Information]</strong></a></p> <br/--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>October 8, 2020</span> <a href="/index.20200924.php">The Bluest Eye Reading<br/> 11:00am -8:00pm<br/> <strong>[Click More For More Information]</strong></a></p> <br/>--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>October 10, 2020</span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1044551399340423">Virtual Event<br/> The 27th Bench by the Road Placement<br/> Cartersville, Georgia, October 10, 2020<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p> <br/>--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>December 21</span> <a href="today.php">TODAY All Day Presents: A Celebration of Toni Morrison<br/> The Today Show<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read More]</strong></span></a></p> <br/> --> <!--<p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>December 1-31</span> <a href="donations.php" style="color: red;">TMS 2020 Giving Campaign<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click Here to Donate]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>December 3</span> <a href="https://benefit.centerforfiction.org/contribute-rsvp?utm_source=General+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=6a303f9920-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_11_07_28_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5fe6362917-6a303f9920-&mc_cid=6a303f9920&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D">Center for Fiction Awards Program<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click Here for Tickets]</strong></span></a></p> <br/>--> <!-- March 25, April 17, May 26 and May 26-29 --> <!--<p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>June 15, 2021</span> <a href="/fine-press.php">Song of Solomon Reading: Fine Press Edition<br/> Zoom<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click To Register]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>January 5-8, 2023</span> <a href="https://www.mla.org/Convention/MLA-2023">MLA</br> San Francisco, CA</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>February 17th 2023</span> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/read-in-birthday-celebration-for-toni-morrison-tickets-536163939777">Morrison Birthday Read In</br> Princeton University</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click here to Register]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>February 22nd 2023</span> <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2023/01/24/princeton-will-explore-toni-morrisons-creative-process-abundance-exhibitions-and">"Toni Morrison Sites of Memory Archive"</br> opens at Princeton University</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info, add this]</strong></span></a></p> --> <!-- Upcoming July 20th Return Updated Membership Form Download Form Here October 27-28—Presentation of Desdemona in honor of 30th Anniversary of Nobel Prize Cornell University More information here: events.cornell.edu April 28-30 CLA Conference Location TBA May TBA ALA Meeting Chicago, Illinois Registration Here June 22-27 Morrison-Cesaire Symposium Fort-de-France Martinique Register Her --> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 23-26, 2025</span> <a href="https://www.clascholars.org/2025-convention-landing-page">CLA Meeting 2025</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 2025</span> <a href="">ALA Meeting 2025<br>Boston, Massachusetts <br> More Details Later </a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>September 2025</span> <a href="https://tonimorrison.cornell.edu">Toni Morrison Collective Symposium<br> "Toni Morrison: Literature and Public Life"<br> Call for Papers</a></p> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 10-13</span> <a href="https://www.clascholars.org/2024-cla-convention-cfp">CLA 82nd Annual Conference<br> Hilton Hotel<br> Memphis, Tennessee</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 18-20</span> <a href="">“Stories for All” Festival<Br> Featuring the Bench by the Road Project<br> Lawrence, Kansas</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 23-26</span> <a href="https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/">35th American Literature Association<br> Conference Palmer House Hilton<br> Chicago, Illinois</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>June 22-27</span> <a href="">Martinique Symposium<br> Fort-de-France, Martinique</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>March 7 2023</span> <a href="https://tonimorrisonsociety.org/files/FDOI_ToniMorrison_eViteRSVP_v1.pdf">Unveiling of Morrison US Postage Stamp</br> 11:00am</br> Princeton University</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info, add this]</strong></span></a></p> --> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>March 23rd - 25th 2023</span> <a href="https://sitesofmemorysymposium.org">Opening of Morrison Papers</br> "Sites of Memory: A Symposium on Toni Morrison and the Archive"</br> Princeton University</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> --> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 5-8, 2023</span> <a href="https://www.clascholars.org/2023-cla-convention-cfp">CLA</br> Emory University</br> Atlanta, Georgia</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> --> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 25-28, 2023</span> <a href="https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2022/10/11/george-saunders-society-ala-boston-ma-may-25-28-2023">ALA</br> Boston,Massachusetts</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> --> <!-- end --> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 26-29, 2022</span> <a href="https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/">American Literature Association Meeting., Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 26, 2022</span> <a href="https://centerforfiction.org/event/nea-big-read-exploring-the-imaginative-and-moral-narratives-in-beloved/">NEA Big Read: Exploring the Imaginative and Moral Narratives of Beloved</br> With Shelly Eversley, Monica Miller, and Donna Hill</br> 7:00pm</br> Sponsored by the Center for Fiction</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Register Here]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>June 11th and 25th</span> <a href="https://centerforfiction.org/group-workshop/nea-big-read-virtual-book-discussion-of-beloved-for-adults-with-dana-a-williams/">NEA Big Read: Virtual Book Discussion of Beloved</br> With Dana Williams</br> Sponsored by the Center for Fiction</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Register Here]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>March 25, 2021</span> <a href="https://www.tulsa2021.org/calendar/statewide-educator-institute">Statewide Educator Institute<br/> Tulsa, Oklahoma<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 17, 2021</span> <a href="https://www.tulsa2021.org/calendar/bench-by-the-road-dedication">Toni Morrison Society: Bench By The Road Dedication<br/> Corner of Greenwood Ave & Archer Street<br/> Tulsa, Oklahoma<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 27, 2021</span> <a href="https://aas.princeton.edu/events/toni-morrison-lectures-eddie-s-glaude-jr-jesmyn-ward">Toni Morrison Lectures: Eddie S. Glaude, Jr & Jesmyn Ward<br/> via Zoom<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 26, 2021</span> <a href="https://www.tulsa2021.org/calendar/2021/celebration">The Centennial Commemoration<br/> Corner of Greenwood Ave & Archer Street<br/> Tulsa, Oklahoma<br/><br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 26-29, 2021</span> <a href="https://www.tulsa2021.org/calendar/jhf-national-symposium">John Hope Franklin National Symposium<br/> John Hope Franklin Center<br/> Tulsa, Oklahoma<br/><br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!-- <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>July 1st, 2021</span> <a href="/naylor.php">Gloria Naylor Archive Panel: Interface Between The Works of Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor<br/> Request For Proposals<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="margin-top: 0;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>July 7-11, 2021</span> <a href="http://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference/">ALA Meeting<br/> Westin Copley Plaza<br/> Boston, Massachusetts<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>September 12, 2019</span> <a href="https://www.spelman.edu/academics/majors-and-programs/english/toni-morrison-tribute">Read-In<br/> Sisters Chapel<br/> Spelman College<br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br/>--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>September 14, 2019</span> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-in-celebration-of-toni-morrison-co-hosted-with-sarah-ladipo-manyika-tickets-70899411047">Evening of Celebration<br/> Review 131 Bellendale Road<br/> London<br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br/>--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 17, 2015</span> <a href="upcoming_bench_placements.html#burris">Bench Placement to Mark Sites on the Underground Railroad<br/>Middletown, Delaware<br/><br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br/--> <!-- changes made 10/10/2015 --> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>October 10-11, 2015</span> <a href="http://cap.ucla.edu/calendar/details/desdemona_4" target="_blank"> Desdemona by Toni Morrison<br/> Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA<br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br /> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>November 16, 2015</span> <a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/The-Shakespeare-Theatre-Company-Announces-2015-16-Rediscovery-Series-20151008#" target="_blank"> Desdemona by Toni Morrison<br/> Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2015-2016 ReDiscovery Series<br/> Washington, DC<br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br /--> <!-- end changes made 10/10/2015 --> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 26-29</span> <a target="_blank" href="http://americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/annual-conference/"> American Literature Association Meeting<br/> San Francisco, California<br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong> </a></p> <br /--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>February 14, 2018</span> <a href="read_in.php">International Read-ins Celebrating Toni Morrison and Wole Soyinka College and University Campuses Around the Country<br/><strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br/--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 7, 2018</span> <a href="/twenty-third-bench-by-the-road.php">Toni Morrison Society 23rd Bench Placement Ceremony<br/> South-View Cemetery<br/> Atlanta, Georgia</a></p--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 12, 2018</span> <a href="#">Toni Morrison Society Lecture<br/> Oberlin College<br/> Pride and Paradise: Toni Morrison and the Terrible Frontiers of Freedom<br/> Prof Tsitsi Jaji, Ph.D.</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 25, 2018</span> <a href="ala2018.php">American Literature Association Conference<br/> San Francisco, CA</a></p--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>September 16, 2018</span> <a href="#">24th Bench by the Road Placement<br/> 2:30pm Sunday, September 16<br/> Nathan and Mary Johnson House<br/> 21 Seventh Street<br/> New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>October 3-7, 2018</span> <a href="#">Association for the Study of African American Life and History<br/> Indianapolis, Indiana</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>November 8-11, 2018</span> <a href="#">American Studies Association Meeting<br/> Atlanta, Georgia</a></p--> <!--<p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>June 21-July 26, 2019</span> <a href="/mendocino-documentary-schedule.html" target="_blank">The Pieces I Am: Toni Morrison Documentary<br/> Directed by Timothy Greenfield Sanders<br/> <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">[Click Here For Dates]</span></a></p>--> <!-- UPCOMING END --> </div> <style> .of-interest { margin-top: 0px; font-size: 14px !important; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 0 0 0 20px !important; } .book-link { padding-bottom: 20px; } </style> <!--<h3 style="border-color: #9e6638 #9e6638 -moz-use-text-color; border-bottom: medium double; margin: 10px 20px !important;">The Passing of Carmen Gillespie</h3> <img src="https://www.tonimorrisonsociety.org/i/carmen.jpg" style="width: 150px; margin: 0 auto;" /> <p style="padding: 20px;">The Society is deeply saddened to report the sudden passing of Dr. Carmen Gillespie on August 30th. Dr. Gillespie was a long-time member of the Society and led the effort to establish a new home for thes Society at Bucknell University from 2008-2009, during which time she served as the Office Director. Carmen led efforts in the Bucknell College community, among students and faculty, to engage in the reading and teaching of Morrison's work. She also published <i>Toni Morrison: A Critical Companion to Toni Morrison</i> (2007) and edited a collection of essays, <i>Toni Morrison: Forty Years in the Clearing</i> in 2012. <a href="http://obituaries.dailyitem.com/obituary/carmen-gillespie-1076884570?fbclid=IwAR1YwU9IVawLLnZZMB0tgVsiyXw2gSbIpQU6mERdOgV9IVBtyn1oU05G-XE">Read her full obituary here.</a></p>--> <h3 style="border-color: #9e6638 #9e6638 -moz-use-text-color; border-bottom: medium double; margin: 10px 20px !important;">of interest</h3> <div class="home-rail-links" style="padding-right: 10px;"> <!---<p class="of-interest"> <a href="img/MTA_Symposium 2024_Martinique_FINAL.mp4" target="_blank">Martinique Summer Symposium video <br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click to Watch]</strong></span></a></p>---> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="files/TMSYearInReview.pdf" target="_blank"> Toni Morrison Society<br> Year in Review<br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click to Read]</strong></span> </a> </p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1rlq" target="_blank"> The Forum - Toni Morrison: The legacy of a literary legend - BBC Sounds<br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Click to Listen]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://link.lithub.com/view/6288f0d7d8f6ccb61d0d70fei891d.3lt2/22b3cfb8" target="_blank"> <!-- The Revelation of Reading Toni Morrison in Moscow<br/> --> LitHub Collection "Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Toni Morrison"</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="meaningOfToniMorrison.php" target="_blank"> “The Meaning of Toni Morrison”</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OURXCUdeOA&has_verified=1" target="_blank"> The Life of Toni Morrison Documentary (BBC)<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="http://www.culturalfront.org/2019/08/coverage-of-toni-morrisons-passing.html" target="_blank"> Tributes to Toni Morrison<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bViluzWyau8" target="_blank"> PBS Remembers Toni Morrison<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21fgMXNjKE" target="_blank"> The life and legacy of Toni Morrison: The Washington Post<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p> --> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="of-interest.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[More Info]</strong></span></a> </p>--> <!--p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/11/20/princeton-and-slavery-symposium-explores-us-history-writ-small-reveals-powerful-and" target="_blank"> Morrison delivers keynote at Princeton and Slavery Symposium<br/>November 17, 2017<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p--> <!--p class="of-interest"> <a href="twenty-second-bench-by-the-road.php" target="_blank"> Toni Morrison Society 22nd Bench Placement Ceremony<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p--> <!--<p class="of-interest">--> <!--<a href="https://www.videoproject.com/The-Foreigners-Home.html" target="_blank">--> <!--<span style="color: red">[NEW]</span> Order the Film <i>A Foreigner’s Home</i><br/>--> <!--<span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Order]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!----> <!--<p class="of-interest">--> <!--<a href="http://clevelandart.org/events/other/foreigners-home-film-panel-discussion-edwidge-danticat" target="_blank">--> <!--<span style="color: red">[NEW]</span> View the Film <i>A Foreigner’s Home</i><br/>--> <!--<span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[View]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!----> <!--<p class="of-interest">--> <!--<a href="https://www.videoproject.com/The-Foreigners-Home.html" target="_blank">--> <!--<span style="color: red">[NEW]</span> Pre-Order New Collection of Essays by Toni Morrison: The Source of Self Regard<br/>--> <!--<span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Pre-Order]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!-- --> <!--<p class="of-interest">--> <!--<a href="https://blogs.princeton.edu/manuscripts/2016/06/07/toni-morrison-papers-open-for-research/" target="_blank">--> <!--Toni Morrison Papers Open for Research<br/>--> <!--<span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHc7gd9FzPs&list=PLRrNgDeGW5pw7kUcyj6hbmke9ruc9nczK" target="_blank"> Video of "Enduring Legacy of Toni Morrison"<br/> August 5, 2020.</br> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/racism-terrible-blackness-not/613039/" target="_blank"> Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not.<br/> Imani Perry<br/> The Atlantic<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="http://www.culturalfront.org/2019/08/coverage-of-toni-morrisons-passing.html" target="_blank"> Tributes to Toni Morrison<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJl3vjs-KI" target="_blank"> The New York Times Remembers Toni Morrison<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bViluzWyau8" target="_blank"> PBS Remembers Toni Morrison<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k21fgMXNjKE" target="_blank"> The life and legacy of Toni Morrison: The Washington Post<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/books/toni-morrison-goodness-altruism-literary-imagination.html" target="_blank"> Goodness: Altruism and the Literary Imagination<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/books/toni-morrison-goodness-altruism-literary-imagination.html" target="_blank"> Goodness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison<br/> Harvard's 95th Ingersoll Lecture with Essays on Morrison's Moral and Religious Vision. Edited by David Carrasco, Stephanie Paulsell, and Mara Willard.<br/> University of Virginia Press, October 2019<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p>--> <!--<p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/books/toni-morrison-goodness-altruism-literary-imagination.html" target="_blank"> The Measure of Our Lives: A Gathering of Wisdom.<br/> (Quotes by Toni Morrison)<br/> Foreword by Zadie Smith<br/> Alfred A. Knopf, December 2019<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read]</strong></span></a></p>--> </div> <!--p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWAGTI4G4Q&list=PLVAROwcwX4uDsywHj44EZHpAMpUH2kJ6p" target="_blank"> <span style="color: red">[NEW]</span> The BBC Releases Toni Morrison Documentary:<br/> <i>Toni Morrison Remembers</i><br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p--> <!--p class="of-interest"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/toni-morrison-sonia-sanchez-ta-nehisi-coates-discuss-art-and-social-justice_us_5769783fe4b0a75709b7e6c1 " target="_blank"> Huffington Post Summary of ARt and Social Justice Forum: Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanches, and Tanehisi Coats. June 28, 2016<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Read More]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3hhoyTbP6A" target="_blank"> Morrison's Closing Comments at Art and Social Justice Forum June 28, 2106<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p> <p class="of-interest"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLR_TcGHzRU" target="_blank"> Toni Morrison and Angela Davis: Literacy, Libraries and Liberation November 21, 2014<br/> <span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>[Watch]</strong></span></a></p--> <!--p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 2015</span> <a href="god-help-the-child.html" target="_blank">Toni Morrison will release a new novel: <i>God Help the Child</i><br/>[Read More]</a></p> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 18, 2015</span> <a href="upcoming_bench_placements.html#hedsra">Bench Placement in Honor of Cynthia Hedsra<br/>Nyack, New York<br/><br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <p class="upcoming-link" style="padding: 0 0 0 20px; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="hedsra-hotels.html"><strong> [Hotels In Nyack, New York]</strong></a> </p> <br/> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>March 2, 2016</span> <a href="http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/21/toni-morrison-norton-lectures/">Toni Morrison To Deliver Six Lectures on Harvard Campus<br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br/> <p class="upcoming-link"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>TBA</span> <a href="upcoming_bench_placements.html#hosanna">Bench Placement at the Hosanna African Union Methodist Protestant (AUMP) Church<br/> Nyack, New York<br/><br/> <strong>[Click For More Info]</strong></a></p> <br/!--> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:0.9em;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>November 19th, 2014</span> <a href="http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/guests/toni-morrison" target="_blank">Toni Morrison will appear on the Colbert Report<br/>[Click Here]</a></p--> <!--<p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:0.9em;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>January 1st, 2015</span> <a href="/forms/AmericanLiteratureAssociation2015PanelProposal.docx" target="_blank">ALA Call for Papers<br/>Proposals Due January 1, 2015<br/>[Click Here]</a></p>--> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>March 10th, 2014, 7-9:30pm</span> <a href="#" target="_blank">Black Women and the Arts in the 21st Century: A Conversation with Toni Morrison, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Sonia Sanchez KLS to RR<br/>U Mass, Amherst<br/></a></p--> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 7th, 2014, 7:30-8:00pm</span> <a href="http://calendar.swarthmore.edu/calendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=11208&information_id=31837&type=&syndicate=syndicate" target="_blank">Reading by Toni Morrison, Swarthmore College<br/><span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;">[More info]</span></a></p--> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>April 24th, 2014</span> <a href="/eden.html">Eleventh Bench Placement, Eden Cemetery, Collingdale, Pennsylvania<br/><span style="color: red; text-decoration: underline;">[More info]</span></a></p> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 5th, 2014</span> <a target="_blank" href="#">2014 PEN Literary Gala NYC TM presents to Salman Rushdie Rushdie receives the 2014 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award</a></p--> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 22nd-25th, 2014</span> <a target="_blank" href="http://alaconf.org/">American Literature Association Meeting, Hyatt Regency-Captiol Hill, Washington, DC (More Info to Follow)</a></p> <!--p style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom:0px;"> <span class='distinct' style="text-decoration: underline">>>May 28th, 2014</span> <a target="_blank" href="#">Hay on Wye Festival<br/>"Career Interview"</a></p--> </div> <br /><br /> <!--<p class="fb"> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Toni-Morrison-Society/171463866276745" target="_blank" style="overflow: auto; 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