Dana A Williams
@danaawilliamsink.bsky.social
Soul Story/Teller, Bridge Builder, Above/Below Ground Conductor — Professor of African American Literature and Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. All posts mine. www.danaawilliams.com
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Look what’s coming soon 👀…. Official publication date, June 17 | Amistad Press
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Look what I saw on the elevator in the @modernlanguage.bsky.social office building, @danaawilliams.bsky.social !!
June 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Look what I saw on the elevator in the @modernlanguage.bsky.social office building, @danaawilliams.bsky.social !!
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Look what’s coming soon 👀…. Official publication date, June 17 | Amistad Press
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June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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"With great respect and meticulous research, @danaawilliamsink.bsky.social reveals [Toni] Morrison as a hard worker, a devoted literary citizen and one of the most important book editors of the 20th century." -- Martha Southgate via @nytimes.com
You Know the Novelist. Now Meet Toni Morrison the Editor.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"With great respect and meticulous research, @danaawilliamsink.bsky.social reveals [Toni] Morrison as a hard worker, a devoted literary citizen and one of the most important book editors of the 20th century." -- Martha Southgate via @nytimes.com
Tributes to #NikkiGiovanni continue. The Schomburg Centennial Festival opened with a young scholars’ poetry reading. The tradition continues.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Tributes to #NikkiGiovanni continue. The Schomburg Centennial Festival opened with a young scholars’ poetry reading. The tradition continues.
Join me tomorrow June 14 at 2 PM EST at @Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library for all thing hashtag#toniatrandom
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June 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Join me tomorrow June 14 at 2 PM EST at @Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library for all thing hashtag#toniatrandom
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Howard University’s Dana A. Williams Launches “Toni at Random” on June 17 | The Dig at Howard University thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/...
Howard University’s Dana A. Williams Launches “Toni at Random” on June 17
Dana A. Williams, dean of the graduate school set to publish "Toni at Random" with Harper Collins.
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June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Howard University’s Dana A. Williams Launches “Toni at Random” on June 17 | The Dig at Howard University thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/...
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June 9, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Go get your hardcopy today with 20% off from Harper Collins! #toniatrandom @amistadbooks.bsky.social
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@publisherswkly.bsky.social Her first project at the imprint, a 1972 anthology of African literature, laid the groundwork for her “editorial aesthetic.” #toniatrandom
Dana A. Williams spotlights Toni Morrison’s efforts to shepherd Black literature into the mainstream in this enthralling chronicle of her tenure as an editor at Random House in the 1960s and ’70s. The result is a triumphant account of an underexplored aspect of her influence on American literature.
Toni at Random: The Iconic Writer’s Legendary Editorship by Dana A Williams
Howard University English professor Williams (In the Light of Likeness—Transformed) spotlights Toni Morrison’s efforts to shephe...
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May 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
@publisherswkly.bsky.social Her first project at the imprint, a 1972 anthology of African literature, laid the groundwork for her “editorial aesthetic.” #toniatrandom
Is there anything better than literary gossip? The relationship between writer and editor is fractious, tender, and ever-changing, with resentments and gratitude sloshing back and forth like a rooftop pool during an earthquake. Now imagine the editor in question is Toni Morrison. #toniatrandom
May 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Is there anything better than literary gossip? The relationship between writer and editor is fractious, tender, and ever-changing, with resentments and gratitude sloshing back and forth like a rooftop pool during an earthquake. Now imagine the editor in question is Toni Morrison. #toniatrandom
Is there anything better than literary gossip? The relationship between writer and editor is fractious, tender, and ever-changing, with resentments and gratitude sloshing back and forth like a rooftop pool during an earthquake. #toniatrandom
May 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Is there anything better than literary gossip? The relationship between writer and editor is fractious, tender, and ever-changing, with resentments and gratitude sloshing back and forth like a rooftop pool during an earthquake. #toniatrandom
Look what’s coming soon 👀…. Official publication date, June 17 | Amistad Press
#ToniAtRandom #ToniMorrison #DanaAWilliams #LiteraryLegacy #BlackEditorsMatter #ComingSoon #AmistadBooks #BlackLiterature #PublishingHistory
#ToniAtRandom #ToniMorrison #DanaAWilliams #LiteraryLegacy #BlackEditorsMatter #ComingSoon #AmistadBooks #BlackLiterature #PublishingHistory
May 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Look what’s coming soon 👀…. Official publication date, June 17 | Amistad Press
#ToniAtRandom #ToniMorrison #DanaAWilliams #LiteraryLegacy #BlackEditorsMatter #ComingSoon #AmistadBooks #BlackLiterature #PublishingHistory
#ToniAtRandom #ToniMorrison #DanaAWilliams #LiteraryLegacy #BlackEditorsMatter #ComingSoon #AmistadBooks #BlackLiterature #PublishingHistory
Welcome to my official page! I’m Dr. Dana A. Williams — Soul Story Teller, Bridge Builder, Above/Below Ground Conductor — Professor of African American Literature
Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University.
#DanaAWilliams #BlackLit #toniatrandom #HBCUpride #ToniatRandon
Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University.
#DanaAWilliams #BlackLit #toniatrandom #HBCUpride #ToniatRandon
May 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Welcome to my official page! I’m Dr. Dana A. Williams — Soul Story Teller, Bridge Builder, Above/Below Ground Conductor — Professor of African American Literature
Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University.
#DanaAWilliams #BlackLit #toniatrandom #HBCUpride #ToniatRandon
Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University.
#DanaAWilliams #BlackLit #toniatrandom #HBCUpride #ToniatRandon