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Literature TalkLiterature TalkThe (In)Visible Acquisitions of Ann Allen Shockley
At South Thayer Building
Old Fourth Ward
Ann Allen Shockley wrote alongside Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison, yet her name vanished from the canon. This talk uncovers how archives and institutions decide whose voices we remember and whose we lose.
Literary history
Academic talk
Black feminist studies
Archival research
Tips
đź“ťbring a notebook, ideas are dense
🎓perfect for writers and researchers
🔍learn how archives shape memory
The (In)Visible Acquisitions of Ann Allen Shockley
At South Thayer Building
Old Fourth Ward
Literature TalkLiterature TalkAnn Allen Shockley wrote alongside Audre Lorde and Toni Morrison, yet her name vanished from the canon. This talk uncovers how archives and institutions decide whose voices we remember and whose we lose.
Literary history
Academic talk
Black feminist studies
Archival research
Tips
đź“ťbring a notebook, ideas are dense
🎓perfect for writers and researchers
🔍learn how archives shape memory
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