Gloria Naylor Archive

A collaboration between @sacredheartuniv and @lehighu

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Check out this CFP from Isaiah Frost Rivera and Tarsh[i]a Griffin titled Gloria Naylor's 1996: A Teaching Companion! Deadline for abstracts is May 15th.

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The Gloria Naylor Archive has returned to Sacred Heart University! Read more about the conference and exhibit welcoming the collection home:
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The Gloria Naylor Archive includes her extensive research for a novel she never finished, "Sapphira Wade." Learn more about Naylor's research on medieval West Africa, Scandinavia, and North America, in this article by Suzanne Edwards: https://t.co/EUvBdLi8J5

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Please join us in congratulating archive team member, Afiwa Afandalo, on the debut of her solo art exhibition, Lɔlɔ̃ ƒe Nyawo [Narratives of Love], running at Lehigh University Art Gallery (LUAG) until May 26th!

For more details: https://t.co/HA1nkkCYvQ

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@PhillipoThomaso Hi! For questions about remote access, I'd recommend reaching out to the organizers (emails in the CFP).

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Gloria Naylor Conference at Sacred Heart University, October 19-20, 2023.

Please share!

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Read Kiana T. Murphy’s illuminating review of the Gloria Naylor exhibition, Other Places, in American Quarterly. Murphy is a scholar-artist and Postdoctoral Research Associate in American Studies at Brown University.

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Sterling Lord, Gloria Naylor's long-time literary agent, passed away on September 3rd at 102 years old. Learn more about his legacy and the authors he represented:

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We are honored to have been selected for inclusion in the @AWWRecoveryHub project showcase alongside the Winnifred Eaton Archive:

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The article offers the chance to read previously unpublished excerpts from a draft of the novel discovered in Naylor’s archive (2/2).
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Read “Gloria Naylor’s ‘Sapphira Wade’: An Unfinished Manuscript from the Archive.” Suzanne Edwards (Lehigh) and Trudier Harris (University of Alabama) discuss Naylor’s unfinished final work and place it in the context of her distinguished literary career (1/2).

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Listen to the “Gloria Naylor: Other Places” exhibition playlist to hear some of the Black artists who inspired Naylor and made their way into the soundscapes of her literary work.
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Listen to Kashi Johnson, Chair and Professor of Theatre at Lehigh University read excerpts of Gloria Naylor’s journals. These excerpts were written when Naylor was writing Linden Hills and offer insight into her intellectual and creative development.
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Today, January 25 2022, would have been Gloria Naylor’s 72nd birthday. Happy birthday, Gloria!

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Call for proposals: “Critical Essays on Gloria Naylor.” Share widely!

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The Gloria Naylor Archive is extending the submission deadline for the Gloria Naylor in the Archives Symposium to July 20th. See the attached flier for more details.

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The note written at the top of this message reads “the hands will be older-- working hands” which is a nod to the decades of work Mama Days puts into her garden and her community (3/3)

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This special drawing is actually a draft of what would become the cover art for Mama Day, Gloria Naylor’s 3rd novel! (1/3) #glorianaylor #MamaDay #BehindTheScenes

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The leaves and trees around the hands reflect the novel’s emphasis on the importance of nature and the lighting flowing to (or from) the hands reflect the ethereal power of the book’s titular character. (2/3)

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Gloria Naylor to donate her archives to Sacred Heart University. Thank you, Michelle, for all that you do! 3/3 #naylorarchive #glorianaylor

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Sending a shoutout to one of our extraordinary board members, Michelle Loris! Michelle edited a book on Gloria Naylor’s novels titled The Critical Response to Gloria Naylor and conducted an interview with Naylor. 1/3

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She then was responsible for having Naylor receive her first honorary degree from Sacred Heart University. Through her work with Naylor, Michelle Loris developed a collegial friendship with Gloria Naylor which led to Michelle Loris being instrumental in bringing 2/3