Toni Morrison virtual public reading at 6:00 p.m. Monday, September 27 - Prairie View A&M University Toni Morrison Writing Program

 Thanks efamily member Joahanne Thomas-Smith for sharing! 

Provost Emerita and Professor
Prairie View A&M University

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Just making sure you knew that President Ruth J. Simmons at Prairie View A&M University established the Toni Morrison Writing Program using some of the proceeds from the $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott to fund it.  Scott was taught at Princeton by the late Toni Morrison.  Our inaugural Writer-in-Residence is Nikki Giovanni.  She will open her residency with a virtual public reading at 6:00 p.m. Monday, September 27.  Introducing her will be Houston's Poet Laureate, Emanualee Bean and moderating the conversation with Ms. Giovanni will be ReShonda Tate Billingsley of the Secret She Kept and Let the Church Say Amen two of her 53 books that were adapted for the screen.  Please ask the community to join.  There is no cost.  Registration is possible through our www.pvamu.edu<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pvamu.edu%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cdonna.m.blackshear-reynolds%40nasa.gov%7Cd72eccc8e38442dc038508d97f790b68%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C637680980808742974%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=IUTmmgBdAp9W2mjsmX9OjDJugMVRduOAIraYqzsRSeI%3D&reserved=0> by clicking text under the Giovanni image on the left side of our homepage or by going to Twitter or Facebook.  Another component of the program is the awarding of scholarships to high school seniors who win in the upcoming writing contest.