Cornell’s College celebrates Toni Morrison on February 19 with a encore presentation of the Oct. 8 reading of “The Bluest Eye,” which included authors Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tayari Jones and Edwidge Danticat, activist Angela Davis, poets Sonia Sanchez and Kevin Young, as well as U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo.
The series will also include a free virtual screening of “The Pieces I Am,” a documentary of Morrison’s life, hosted by Ithaca’s Cinemapolis theatre, with a live discussion of the film on Feb. 20.
“This ‘Toni Morrison at 90’ celebration brings retrospection on her life and work, but from a proximity that retains living recollections of her presence,” said Anne Adams, Cornell professor emerita of Africana studies and one of the organizers of the event.
