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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Oct Meeting NYC Chapter of The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoThe New York City Chapter
of
The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance (SSWR)
presents:
ROYA BIGGIE
“Inter-Elemental Sympathies and
Cross-Species Compassion:
Caring for the Hybrid Body in Titus Andronicus”
ROYA BIGGIE, a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Grinnell College, is also a PhD Candidate in English at the Gradu…[Read more] -
Martin Paul Eve deposited “A Shorthand of Stars”: From John to Thomas Pynchon in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoThe June 1888 issue of the Phonographic World magazine presented John Pynchon, an ancestor of Thomas, as “The First American Shorthand Reporter”. While most biographical criticism to date of Thomas Pynchon has focused on the cameo appearance of a thinly veiled William Pynchon in Gravity’s Rainbow, we here set out further historical infor…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoI welcome your interest, Janet!
We are adding borderlands to Rust Belt Literature including bordering Windsor, Canada, and bordering Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico. Our Welcome has been revised to reflect this after someone at a different group pointed out the omission. So we go a bit beyond the Midwest, Janet. we already have interest from Pe…[Read more]
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Cristina León Alfar started the topic Sept Meeting, NYC Chapter of Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoThe first meeting of the Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance will take place on Thursday, September 15, from 6:00-7:30pm in room 9207 of the CUNY Graduate Center. Francesca Canadé Sautman (French, Hunter and Graduate Center) will speak on “Offstage Direction: French Women and the Shaping of the Renaissance Theater.” Have a look at t…[Read more]
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Janet Ruth Heller replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Friends,
I’m also interested in this group. However, I would like to give the group a more positive or neutral name than “Rust Belt.”
We may also want to connect with the Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, which has annual conferences in June in East Lansing at Michigan State University. These conferences include films, c…[Read more]
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Val Dumond replied to the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months ago
After a five year struggle, my book, American-English: The Official Guide, has been published and is available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kindle. Not a “rule” book, it is aimed at writers and emphasizes the benefits of creating Your Style Manual and recording personal choices of grammar and punctuation usage. A special section offers…[Read more]
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Sandra Katherine Sprows replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoI am interested in being a part of the discussion group on “Rust Belt Literature.”
Thank you for starting this discussion.
Sandra
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Gloria Lee McMillan replied to the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoNicky Agate told me how to create the group “Rust Belt Literature” so it is now an independent discussion group–I think. I tried to make it as open as possible, since it may be a low traffic group.
Our first offering is my story Whiting Rich and Strange to be found in the CORE file deposit area (on your toolbar–keyword CORE.)
Please send me…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic How create sub-group "Rust Belt Literature?" in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHello, 20th-21st C. Am. Lit. Admins,
I spoke to Nicki Agate, one of the admins of the MLA Commons, about a category for “Rust Belt Literature.” There hasn’t been much space for those of us who grew up in steel mill and other industrial communities to discuss our attempts at transforming our life experiences into literature.
MLA CORE DEPOSIT N…[Read more]
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoMy chapter “East to West – The Inter-Connectedness of All Things Created” will be published in the forthcoming book Sustainability in/and Writing Intensive Courses as part of the Lexington Books’ Ecocritical Theory and Practice Series. The book should be out by MLA 2017.
Thanks!
Pam
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Nicky Agate started the topic Member news to share? in the discussion
The Teaching of Writing on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoHave you recently published a book, presented a project, or won an award? Share your news with other MLA members in the Commons Newsletter. Message me your news here on the Commons (@terrainsvagues) or e-mailcommons@mla.org over the next couple of days to be included in the September issue!
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Carrie Johnston started the topic Deadline Approaching: Gender & the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoDear Colleagues,
The Sept. 1 deadline for the Studies in the Novel special issue, “Gender and the Cultural Preoccupation of the American West” is approaching. Full CFP and submission guidelines below.
Call for Papers: Gender and the Cultural Preoccupations of the American West
Studies in the Novel is currently seeking submissions for a s…[Read more]
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Alexa Huang deposited The Blotted Line | An Interview with Alexa Huang in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoAn Interview with Alexa Huang, George Washington University | The Blotted Line
“I am proud to have answered my calling to tell stories and to show others how to listen for silenced voices. Story-telling makes us human because it…[Read more]
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Roberta Rosenberg started the topic CFP: Global Women's Conference: Understanding and Preventing Violence in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoChristopher Newport University
College of Arts and Humanities
Call for Papers
Global Status of Women and Girls:
“Understanding, Defining, and Preventing Violence”
March 24-26, 2017
to be held at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia
This interdisciplinary conference seeks to foster inquiries into the complex and mul…[Read more]
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Julian Grajewski deposited bringing the war back home (to women) in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoattempt to bring the horrors of the indo-china war to the most intimate part of women, 1967, xuan loc, rvn
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Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Spring 2015 syllabus in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThis syllabus was my third version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. The course was organized around four projects, each of which was oriented by a theoretical reading: mapping a novel; text analysis with archival sources; reading a novel collaboratively with courses at other colleges and…[Read more]
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Brian Croxall deposited Introduction to Digital Humanities, Spring 2014 syllabus in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoThis syllabus was my second version of a course aimed at introducing the digital humanities at an undergraduate level. The course was organized around three projects: mapping a novel; text analysis with archival sources; reading a novel collaboratively with courses at other colleges and universities while building a multimedia response; and text…[Read more]
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Alison Booth deposited Responsible Parties in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 6 months agoFor an MLA panel, January 2016, this talk recalls the 2014 crisis at the University of Virginia about an alleged fraternity gang rape, discusses the policy on sexual assault that designates “responsible employees,” and proposes measures: change drinking laws; avoid segregating any space by identity; offer responsible parties. Humanities professors…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CFP: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (edited collection; 12/1/16) in the discussion
Twentieth-Century American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoOf interest to members of the forum on 20th and 21st-century American literature:
The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of criti…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic CFP: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (edited collection; 12/1/16) in the discussion
Women’s Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 7 months agoThe Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Alison Bechdel, offering new examinations of her entire body…[Read more]
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