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Following their performance inspired by and created within the Toni Morrison Papers at Princeton University, artists Mame Diarra Speis and Daniel Alexander Jones reflect on what Morrison can teach us about the limitations of institutionalization and individualism in art and life.

Toni Morrison remains the sole Black female recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature. Princeton University, where Morrison was a professor, is commemorating the 30th anniversary of her win.

Toni Morrison remains the sole Black female recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature. Princeton University, where Morrison was a professor, is commemorating the 30th anniversary of her win.

How Princeton scholar Autumn Womack curated her critically acclaimed exhibition about Toni Morrison’s creative process — and invited other thinkers and artists to come build their own stories from the Toni Morrison Papers.

“Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory” opens at the Princeton University Library Feb. 22 and anchors the series. An art exhibition, newly commissioned performances, a landmark symposium, courses, and a spring lecture series are also in store.

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