Toni Morrison Society Panels and Programs
American Literature Association Conference

As a member of the coalition of Author Society that make up the American Literature Association, the Toni Morrison Society will again host two scholarly sessions at the meeting.

May-- American Literature Association Conference May 21-May 24 Boston, Massachusetts

The first session, ”Toni Morrison and Eulogy,” will be a panel of scholarly papers presented on Thursday morning May 22 nd and will be chaired by Vice President and Society Program Chair Emmanuelle Andres.
Location: ESSEX NORTH-WEST
Time: 8:30am-9:50am

The second session, a Roundtable on Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” will be held on Thursday afternoon, May 22 nd will be chaired by Society Membership Chair Tracyann Williams.
Location: ESSEX NORTH-WEST
Time: 1:00pm-2:20pm

“Toni Morrison and Eulogy.” Session 1-F: 8:30-9:50 am

Chair: Emmanuelle Andres, La Rochelle Université, France

"Bringing Black History Home: Archival Healing in Toni Morrison’s The Black Book (1974)," Maddie Lacy, Rice University.
"Speculatively Rooted: The Ancestor as Supernatural Foundation". Britt Threatt, University of the South (Sewanee).
"Between Memory and Narrative: 'Recitatif's' Interpretive Demands," Kiran Lam-Saili, Harvard University.

Roundtable on "Recitatif". Session 4-G 1:00pm to 2:20pm

Chair: Tracyann Williams, Fordham University, New York

“Toni Morrison’s ‘Recitatif’ (1983) and the Trope of Two Women in American Literature,” Samantha English, Northwestern University.
“What the Author Does Not Know: ‘Recitatif’ as Toni Morrison’s ‘Controlled Wilderness,’” Hsiu-Chuan Lee, National Normal Taiwan University.
“Playing Outside: Toni Morrison’s Use of Music as Deterministic Disruption in ‘Recitatif’ and Jazz,” Emily Grace, Catholic University of America.
“The Sound of Blackness: ‘Recitatif’ and Hip-Hop,” Queen D. Scott, Brown University.

RECEPTION, READING, AND AWARDS CEREMONY
Friday 6:00pm-8:00pm

At the ALA conference, the Toni Morrison Society will be one of the author-society sponsors of the Reception and Awards Ceremony on Friday evening hosted by the African American Literature and Culture Society. The Stephen Henderson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry will be presented to Tracy K. Smith. The Darwin T. Turner Award will be presented to Society Board Member Farah Jasmine Griffin, and the Octavia E Butler Award will be presented to Shirley Moody-Turner. The ceremony will be held from 6:00pm to 9:00pm Staffordshire. Room at the Copley Hilton Hotel.
Location: STAFFORDSHIRE
Time: 6:00pm-9;00pm