If you're interested in learning more about Toni Morrison and quilting in the African American community, please visit our Libguide:

https://guides.library.cornell.edu/quiltingexhibit

In addition, these are other resources that helped inform the Toni Morrison Quilting Project::

Daniel, Janice Barnes. Spring 2000. "Function or Frill: The Quilt as Storyteller in Toni Morrison's Beloved." The Midwest Quarterly 41 (3): 321-329.

Hindman, Jane. 1995. "'A little space, a Little Time, Some Way to Hold off Eventfulness': African American Quiltmaking as Metaphor in Toni Morrison's Beloved." Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory 6 (1-2): 101-120.

Gyetvai, Eva. Fall 2008. "'Threading Together Her Need and Needle': African American Quilting Techniques and Aesthetics in Toni Morrison's Sula. Interdisciplinary Humanities. 25 (2): 9-24.

Brown, Kimberly Juanita. 2018. "Piecing Artistry: Mary Lee Bendolf, Toni Morrison and Black Women's Circular Aesthetic Visions" in Piece Together: The Quilts of Mary Lee Bendolf. List Gallery Swarthmore Collage and Mount Holyoke Collage Art Museum

Manuela López Ramírez. June 2016. "The Shell Shocked Veteran in Toni Morrison's Sula and Home." ATLANTIS. Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies. 38 (1): 129-147.