Going to the MLA Convention? Please come to hear queer Cuban-American writer and translator Achy Obejas in Session 298 , “Endlessly Cuban: A Discussion on the Work of Achy Obejas with the Author” and Session 473, “A Creative Conversation with Achy Obejas.” See https://achyobejas.mla.hcommons-staging.org/ for bios.

“What’s Next for Jane Austen?” Janine Barchas and I welcome 250-500 word proposals (by 1 March) that promise complete essays in March 2019, for a special issue on the topic to be published by Texas Studies in Language and Literature. More information may be found here: https://utpress.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/tsll_austen_cfp_updated.pdf