The Toni Morrison Society invites you to the upcoming sessions at the American Literature Association meetings in Boston, MA,
May 21-24, 2015
All four of the Toni Morrison Sessions will be held on Friday, May 22nd
Session 8-K Round Table Discussion: Teaching Toni Morrison's Desdemona (Helicon 7th Floor) 9:40-11am
Organized by the Toni Morrison Society
Moderator: Evelyn Jaffe Schreiber, The George Washington University
- "The Radical Narratives of Toni Morrison: Teaching Desdemona," Stephanie Li, Indiana University
- "Teaching Toni Morrison's Desdemona: Identity and Overlapping Diasporas in the Mediterranean," Alma Jean Billingslea, Spelman College
- "Desdemona's New Song: Toni Morrison's Desdemona and the Art of Literary Revisions," Irena Percinkova-Patton, University of Washington
- "Ecocriticism and Toni Morrison's Desdemona," Albert Battistelli, Kent State University
- "Teaching Morrison's Desdemona in Adaptations Context," Inci Bilgin Teckin, Bogazici University
Session 9-N Business Meeting: Toni Morrison Society (Courier 7th Floor) 11:10-12:30 am
Session 11-N Toni Morrison's Desdemona (Essex Center 3rd floor) 2:10-3:30pm
Organized by the Toni Morrison Society
Chair: Yvonne Atkinson, Mt. San Jacinto College
- "Reexamining Representations of Whiteness in Toni Morrison's Desdemona," Aoi Mori, Meiji Gakuin University
- "'Equals in the Afterlife': Women's Voices in Toni Morrison's Desdemona," Carolyn Denard, Georgia College and State University
- "Ibandla from Limbo: Performance, Narrative, and the Question of Conscience and Redemption," Oty Agbajoh-Laoye, Monmouth University
African American Literature and Culture Society Reception. Awarding of the Toni Morrison Society Book Prizes, Reading, and Awarding of Stephen Henderson Prize. Essex South, 6:30pm
| 6:30 | Mingling |
| 6:45 | AALCS Welcome |
| 6:50 | Morrison Book Prize Awards for Best Single-Authored and Edited Books on Morrison 2012-2014 |
| 7:00 | Turner Award and Henderson Award |
| 7:05 | Shockley Intro/Reading |
| 7:45 | Shockley book signing |
