Princeton Weekly Bulletin February 22, 1999
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Paula Giddings (l) of Duke University with Morrison (photo: Ron Carter)
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Paradise
More than 400 people attended the program "Envisioning Paradise: A Conference on Toni Morrison's Art and Imagination," held on campus February 12 and 13.
The program featured panels discussions, a keynote address by Nellie McKay of the University of Wisconsin on the role of Morrison's novels in "Claiming a Heritage -- Creating a Heritage," and a reading by Morrison followed by an onstage interview.
Wahneema Lubiano (r) of Duke University with
panelists Herman Beavers (l) of the
University of Pennsylvania, Cheryl Wall and moderator Claudia Tate
(photo: Ron Carter)
Cheryl Wall of Rutgers University (l); Michael
Awkward
of the University of Pennsylvania (photos: Ron Carter)
Graduate students Chad Williams (l) and James Wilson displayed for Morrison a wall hanging presented by the Toni Morrrison Society, represented by the society's president, Marilyn Mobley McKenzie of George Mason University, and founder, Carolyn Denard of Georgia State. (photo: Ron Carter)