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A More Accessible Archive: Showcasing the Work of Writer Gloria Naylor

June 28, 2019 12:00PM
Gavin Ferriby, Sacred Heart University librarian; Suzanne Edwards, associate professor of English and director of the Humanities Center at Lehigh; Mary Foltz, associate professor of English; and Michelle Loris, associate dean of Sacred Heart University's College of Arts & Sciences, stand with boxes from the Gloria Naylor archive. The materials have been loaned to Lehigh for professional digitization and conservation. (Sacred Heart University photo by Tracy Deer-Mirek)

A More Accessible Archive: Showcasing the Work of Writer Gloria Naylor

A long-term interdisciplinary archival project will make Naylor’s collected papers, on loan from Sacred Heart University, accessible to scholars and fans alike. 

Gloria Naylor is perhaps best known for her debut novel, The Women of Brewster Place, which won the National Book Award in 1983 and was later adapted into a television mini-series...

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