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Mondays at Beinecke: Celebrating Thornton Wilder in the Archives

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April 17 marks the 125th anniversary of the birth, in 1897, of the illustrious American author, Thornton Wilder. To celebrate the occasion, Tappan Wilder, Thornton Wilder’s nephew and literary executor, and Melissa Barton, curator of drama and prose in the Yale Collection of American Literature, will discuss the Thornton Wilder Papers (https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1402).

Curator Conversation: “Points of Contact, Points of View”

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“Points of Contact, Points of View: Asking Questions in Yale Library Special Collections” is the inaugural exhibition in the Hanke Exhibition Gallery, the gift of Lynn Hanke, a member of the University Library Council, and her husband, Robert Hanke ’60B.A. The gallery is located in the ground floor Sterling Memorial Library, 120 High Street.

Mondays at Beinecke: “She Had It Comin’”: Recognition, Regret, and Maurine Dallas Watkins with Catherine Sheehy

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In conjunction with the exhibition, Brava! Women Make American Theater. Sheehy is Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, and Chair, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism Program at David Geffen School of Drama; Yale Repertory Theatre Resident Dramaturg and Senior Associate Editor, School of Drama Alumni Magazine; more: https://www.drama.yale.edu/bios/catherine-sheehy-2/

Mondays at Beinecke: Georgia Douglas Johnson with Kassidi Jones

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A presentation about Georgia Doulgas Johnson, an important American poet, playwright, and member of the Harlem Renaissance, in conjunction with the Beinecke Library exhibition, BRAVA! Women Make American Theater.
Kassidi Jones is a doctoral student in English and African American Studies at Yale.
Her presentation, beginning at 4:00 pm, will be followed by conversation and q&a from about 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

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