Knowledge Commons | Leslie Reed | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/leslie_reed/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Leslie Reed is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:42:45 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 243dc67f3408c686df01358e00a1f606 Francisco Delgado replied to the topic DRAFT Program Copy - Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-program-copy-languages-and-literatures-of-indigenous-california/?view=all#post-1041054 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:43:37 -0400 Sure, no problem.

]]> d40e147c807e712b6cf1c430060dfe7e Amee Schmidt replied to the topic DRAFT Program Copy - Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-program-copy-languages-and-literatures-of-indigenous-california/#post-1041053 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:58:36 -0400 This is great, Francisco. Are you comfortable submitting it?

AMEE SCHMIDT, M.A.
Associate Professor of English
Marshalltown Community College
3700 S. Center St. • Marshalltown, IA 50158
Office 403F • 641-844-5777<tel:+16418445777>
Amee.Schmidt@iavalley.edu<mailto:Amee.Schmidt@iavalley.edu>

]]> 79a08983560475b1d26311d8a8e7290a Amee Schmidt replied to the topic Draft of Program Copy for Decolonizing the MLA - Feedback Needed, Please in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-of-program-copy-for-decolonizing-the-mla-feedback-needed-please/#post-1041052 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:58:10 -0400 That's a great suggestion! I will do that.

Also, I've been very, very ill, but I will get this submitted before tomorrow's deadline.

AMEE SCHMIDT, M.A.
Associate Professor of English
Marshalltown Community College
3700 S. Center St. • Marshalltown, IA 50158
Office 403F • 641…[Read more]

]]> d2343e8892fd60bf0b48f221493d0248 Margaret A. Noodin replied to the topic Draft of Program Copy for Decolonizing the MLA - Feedback Needed, Please in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-of-program-copy-for-decolonizing-the-mla-feedback-needed-please/#post-1041032 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:04:25 -0400 This looks good to me! Beth did mention that this feels like important work and fits with the 2027 MLA theme of "emancipation" if you want to work that word in there but it's totally up to you. Thanks for taking care of this!

]]> 2d891d26651737784b1c913ea5ef296f Francisco Delgado started the topic DRAFT Program Copy - Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-program-copy-languages-and-literatures-of-indigenous-california/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:28:21 -0400 Please see below for a program description for the panel, "Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California." All feedback welcome!

A more detailed description of the panel and the presentations is available under "Files."

This panel aims to promote the literatures, languages, and cultures of Indigenous peoples of present-day California, as…[Read more]

]]> 7beab847825ad852e39520fc05c47093 Francisco Delgado uploaded the file: Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California - MLA 2027 to LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1946977/ Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:20:12 -0400 Attached is the line-up for our panel, "Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California."

]]> 0 b399963e54f15c040ad3738279478770 Amee Schmidt started the topic Draft of Program Copy for Decolonizing the MLA - Feedback Needed, Please in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/draft-of-program-copy-for-decolonizing-the-mla-feedback-needed-please/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:48:06 -0400 Decolonizing the MLA: A Unique Framework for Inclusion

Four panelists discuss complications in the teaching, learning, and representation of indigenous literatures and cultures, and offer new ways of understanding these stories. Academic spaces such as the MLA Conference can call attention to the intersections of indigenous voices and colonial…[Read more]

]]> 8be30c0b0d175fad58c3e6c83272028e Amee Schmidt uploaded the file: Proposals for Decolonizing the MLA - for 2027 to LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1946926/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:29:31 -0400 These are the three proposals we received for the Decolonizing the MLA panel.

]]> 0 1672bc709cfe3146d60ebb0b4f8485e8 Francisco Delgado started the topic CFPs EXTENDED to March 23rd! in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/cfp-extended-to-march-23rd/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:23:17 -0400 Our CFPs for MLA 2027 (Los Angeles, CA) will remain open to submissions until March 23rd:

  1. Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California - https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Paper33577.html
  2. Decolonizing the MLA - https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Paper33578.html

More information, including to whom…[Read more]

]]> db39cbbae8c7e4aaa131014be0eaa4a1 Tara Coleman started the topic CFP: Emancipatory Narratives and Academic Freedom in the Writing Classroom in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/cfp-emancipatory-narratives-and-academic-freedom-in-the-writing-classroom/ Sat, 28 Feb 2026 20:07:28 -0500 Call for proposals for a guaranteed session for the 2027 MLA convention, sponsored by the Writing Pedagogies forum:

Seeking 250-word proposals exploring the impact of institutional and/or professional positionalities on how our students learn to interrogate dominant narratives in their writing. How do we emancipate students while recognizing our…[Read more]

]]> 664579ad3763b67ebb27fd77d9825d53 Amee Schmidt replied to the topic MLA 2027 - Calls for Papers in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-calls-for-papers/#post-1040938 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:39:27 -0500 You can also direct folks to this page at hte MLA: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/Session24153.html

 

]]> ee054cf6ae9ce0b441763985fe55d69f Amee Schmidt started the topic MLA 2027 - Calls for Papers in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-calls-for-papers/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:02:08 -0500 Languages and Literatures of Indigenous California

How does Indigenous California’s historical significance appear in Indigenous-made creative work? Moreover, how does this body of work contribute to, deepen, undermine, or challenge what visitors think they know about California?

200-word abstracts should be sent to Francisco Delgado at FDelgado@…[Read more]

]]> a0662f466fa3a1878eb61b55b1c075fb Francisco Delgado started the topic Notes from Executive Committee Meeting - Feb. 17th in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/notes-from-executive-committee-meeting-feb-17th/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 16:19:49 -0500 This document contains notes from the executive committee's meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 17th - including finalized versions of our CFPs.

]]> 39be42f1eb4269ccd32355995fc0f8af Amee Schmidt started the topic Ideas for Better Utilization of this Commons Page in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/ideas-for-better-utilization-of-this-commons-page/ Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:57:39 -0500 Post your ideas here.

]]> 31291192d3d52559252c3c58303f00d2 Francisco Delgado replied to the topic MLA 2027 CFP - Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-indigenous-california/?view=all#post-1040806 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:21:03 -0500 Hi Amee,

The deadline is similar to the CFPs currently posted on the MLA website: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2027/webprogrampreliminary/index.html (and could be subject to change).

I wanted to share the call now, so that interested folks can start drafting proposals.

 

]]> de8cb73348cae96a8fbe63cafc49fd8d Amee Schmidt replied to the topic MLA 2027 CFP - Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada via email https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-indigenous-california/#post-1040800 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 19:23:43 -0500 Do we know what the deadline is from MLA yet?

AMEE SCHMIDT, M.A. (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of English and Communications

Vice President, MCC Faculty Senate

Marshalltown Community College

3700 S. Center St. • Marshalltown, IA 50158

Office 403F • 641-844-5777

[cid:d8736a74-53b1-4425-9970-f7716c97ef40]

Chair, MLA Executive Forum Com…[Read more]

]]> 85cfd1d71ee50f1c4cdc44266067e850 Francisco Delgado started the topic MLA 2027 CFP - Indigenous California in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/mla-2027-cfp-indigenous-california/ Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:52:18 -0500 Below is one CFP from the LLC Indigenous Literatures of the US and Canada forum:

Indigenous California

Let us make space at MLA for the literatures and communities of the state in which we will be gathering. Indigenous California aims to promote the literatures, languages, and cultures of Indigenous peoples of present-day California, as well as…[Read more]

]]> 58c187fd3e83e8e5d3a08e6724c0f998 Francisco Delgado started the topic Notes of Executive Committee Meeting - January 23, 2026 in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/notes-of-executive-committee-meeting-january-23-2026/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 23:45:28 -0500 The executive committee met on Zoom on Friday, January 23, 2026. Attached are the minutes of the meeting.

Submitted by Francisco Delgado, Secretary of LLC Indigenous Literatures of US and Canada

]]> 61083f16359bfa9076f03dd6fa7c7efd Lee B. Abraham started the topic Call for Papers: MLA 2026 for Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/call-for-papers-mla-2026-for-forum-on-second-language-teaching-and-learning-3/ Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:43:00 -0400 Call for Papers
Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning
2026 Modern Language Association Annual Convention
January 8-11, 2026, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The MLA Forum on Second-Language Teaching and Learning invites submissions for consideration to be included in two guaranteed and two non-guaranteed sessions to take place during the 2026…[Read more]

]]> 865c8bbd1e34f01f43d9a99b09cef71c Tara Coleman started the topic Calls for Proposals: MLA 2026 Convention in Toronto in the forum RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/calls-for-proposals-mla-2026-convention-in-toronto/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:33 -0500 The RCWS forum in Writing Pedagogies is organizing two panels for the MLA 2026 Convention in Toronto. Please reach out if you have questions or are interested in proposing something for either of these sessions!

Kinship, Care, and Writing Instruction
How do writing instructors foster connection across communities while navigating cultural and…[Read more]

]]> abf433b8577472fd5761649b8b27d9c4 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2025 Forum Delegate Election  in the forum LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/indigenous-literatures-of-the-united-states-and-canada/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2025-forum-delegate-election-14/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:15:38 -0500 Hello!

The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2025, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2025. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one can…[Read more]

]]> f82dffac1731931a4e77d0673a049b68 Tara Coleman started the topic Seeking Nominations for the RCWS Writing Pedagogies Form Committee in the discussion RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/writing-pedagogies/forum/topic/seeking-nominations-for-the-rcws-writing-pedagogies-form-committee/ Fri, 08 Mar 2024 18:45:56 -0500 The RCWS Writing Pedagogies Forum requests nominations for a new Executive Committee member! We're seeking passionate individuals with a dedication to writing pedagogies to contribute to our community. Being on the committee allows you to participate in organizing guaranteed sessions for the MLA convention each January and generally engage in…[Read more]

]]> 5f36217dcaa6136d36924bb8c7825f3b Alan J. Gravano started the topic #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/26428-non-guaranteed-italian-american-llc-and-aati-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:07:58 -0500 #26428-Non-Guaranteed Italian American LLC and AATI Nonguaranteed Session

Title:  Helen Barolini’s Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian American Women at Forty

This panel celebrates one of the seminal classics of Italian American literature on the advent of its fortieth anniversary. Helen Barolini’s 1985 anthology marked a fundam…[Read more]

]]> 4e8f08b9eb09ab00a8e0a5eb284bc2e1 Alan J. Gravano started the topic #25997: Guaranteed Allied Organization Session for IASA in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/25997-guaranteed-allied-organization-session-for-iasa-2/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 21:04:41 -0500 #25997: Allied Organization Session for IASA Guaranteed

Title: (In)Visibility in the Marginalized Field of Italian American Studies

MLA Description: Examines Morrison’s assertion that “Invisible ink is what lies under, between, outside the lines, hidden until the right reader discovers it,” then can only Italian Americans be the “right…[Read more]

]]> 7beeceb1ef2bb3838e45fe388fcb0fd7 Leigh A. Neithardt started the topic Membership Suggestions for 2024 Forum Delegate Election in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/membership-suggestions-for-2024-forum-delegate-election-12/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:53:34 -0400 The next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2024, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets in January 2024. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who…[Read more]

]]> 8736ba23e2d0061913427cec10657c36 Jamie Callison deposited Modernism and Religion: Between Mysticism and Orthodoxy in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1860580/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:03:06 -0400 'Modernism and Religion' argues that modernism participated in broader processes of religious change in the twentieth century. The new prominence accorded to immanence and immediacy in religious discourse is carried over into the modernist epiphany. Modernism became mystical. The emergence of Catholic theological modernism, human rights, Christian…[Read more]

]]> 0 b97a31ba9603264fa6821c6b6d5de687 Arthur Wang started the topic CFP: Inaugural Post45 Essay Prizes for Emerging and Contingent Scholars in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/cfp-inaugural-post45-essay-prizes-for-emerging-and-contingent-scholars/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:31:57 -0400 Post45 Journal is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for two article prizes: the Mary Esteve Emerging Scholar Essay Prize and the Post45 Essay Prize for Contingent Scholars. The Emerging Scholar prize is named in honor of two-time Post45 Journal editor Mary Esteve to celebrate her commitment to the work of the journ…[Read more]

]]> 3d63245016c9e13af946c7ebccfe51ec Stephanie Rountree started the topic CFP: Record, Document, Archive [edited collection, advance contract LSU Press] in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/cfp-record-document-archive-edited-collection-advance-contract-lsu-press/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 20:09:28 -0400 Record, Document, Archive: Constructing the South Out of Region [edited collection]

Under advance contract with Louisiana State University Press

Editors: Stephanie Rountree, Lisa Hinrichsen, and Gina Caison

Proposals (500 words): November 1, 2023

Completed Chapters (7,000 words): March 15, 2024

 

As the double meaning of our title suggests,…[Read more]

]]> 93538900b3546bc5791869908eaa5261 Bradley J. Fest deposited Consider David Foster Wallace: Critical Essays edited by David Hering in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847392/ Sat, 27 May 2023 03:28:00 -0400 Review of Consider David Foster Wallace.

]]> 0 fecc9ca554e24fba362032d0cfed7522 Bradley J. Fest deposited Isn’t It a Beautiful Day? An Interview with J. Hillis Miller in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847388/ Sat, 27 May 2023 03:10:34 -0400 This interview with esteemed literary critic J. Hillis Miller was conducted via Skype on July 17, 2013. Miller speaks about a number of issues important to his life and work. Providing a number of emblematic parables, Miller discusses his early career, his work on the poetry of William Carlos Williams, and his famous essay “The Critic as H…[Read more]

]]> 0 4b9ac4cca9adb060a84b0f7f630cfa9d Bradley J. Fest deposited An Interview with Jonathan Arac in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847383/ Sat, 27 May 2023 02:50:03 -0400 This interview with literary critic Jonathan Arac was conducted at the University of Pittsburgh on May 19, 2015. Arac, a member of the boundary 2 editorial collective since 1979, speaks at length about his life and work. Addressing the impact of theory on his career, he discusses how he came to be associated with the New Americanists, his project…[Read more]

]]> 0 65e49f2b44706a042e7e19a069edf897 Bradley J. Fest deposited “Then Out of the Rubble”: The Apocalypse in David Foster Wallace’s Early Fiction in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847379/ Sat, 27 May 2023 02:38:10 -0400 Excerpt from first paragraph: In the emerging field of David Foster Wallace studies, nothing has been more widely cited in terms of understanding Wallace’s literary project than two texts that appeared in the 1993 issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction. “E Unibus Pluram: Television and US Fiction” and a lengthy interview with Larry McCaf…[Read more]

]]> 0 c9c519e8f299e85d32b5c1c938a08dc8 Bradley J. Fest deposited The Inverted Nuke in the Garden: Archival Emergence and Anti-Eschatology in David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1847377/ Sat, 27 May 2023 02:28:38 -0400 This essay historically situates David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest as a transitional text between the first and second nuclear ages. Written in the immediate wake of the Cold War, Infinite Jest complexly develops the nuclear trope’s fabulously textual persistence despite the relative disappearance of the discourse of Mutually Assured Des…[Read more]

]]> 0 f80e06d0d97a09b764e4c22fc1e47ae1 Amel Abbady deposited Homeland as a Site of Trauma in Selected Short Stories by Edwidge Danticat in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1841276/ Thu, 13 Apr 2023 04:15:38 -0400 The main objective of this article is to examine the representation of ʻhomelandʼ in three short stories by Caribbean-American writer Edwidge Danticat: “The Book of the Dead,” “Night Talkers,” and “The Gift.” All three stories represent Haitian migrants in the multi-cultural setting of the United States. A central theme that connects these stories…[Read more]

]]> 0 f0bad784b67525a89225838ddcb1ffef Matthew Calihman started the topic MLA Proposed Session: Political Oratory and African Am Lit (abstracts by 3/13) in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/mla-proposed-session-political-oratory-and-african-am-lit-abstracts-by-3-13/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 16:54:11 -0500 I am proposing a special session at MLA 2024 on "Political Oratory and African American Literature."  Papers will examine speeches by elected officials as contributions to African American literary discourse.   Please email 300-word abstracts to matthewcalihman@missouristate.edu by March 13.

Matthew Calihman, Professor of English, Missouri S…[Read more]

]]> c16f8593ffe3f2174fdf63eca8892160 Elizabeth Hutton started the topic RCWS Literacy Studies CFP for MLA 2024: Literacies of self-care in the discussion RCWS History and Theory of Composition https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/history-and-theory-of-composition/forum/topic/rcws-literacy-studies-cfp-for-mla-2024-literacies-of-self-care-2/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 16:46:57 -0500 The RCWS Literacy Studies forum committee invites 250-word proposals addressing the MLA 2024 conference theme of celebration: joy and sorrow, with a focus on self-care literacies. What are the varied ways that instructors, artists, students, scholars, writers and readers enact and enable literacies of self-care? How do such literacies commemorate,…[Read more]

]]> 860038066c6c56cfe47a64407ce6557b Faye Hammill deposited The Frantic Atlantic: Ocean Liners in the Interwar Imagination in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1830475/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 03:50:53 -0500 Transatlantic literary exchange depended, during the 19th and earlier 20th centuries, on the ocean liner. Books and periodicals were exported via sea routes, lent among passengers or through ships' libraries, and even bought and sold on board. The High Seas Bookshops, established on some Anchor Line vessels in the 1920s, strikingly demonstrate the…[Read more]

]]> 0 a4d56c4835684b1b5acd13047d8e2826 Sujata Iyengar deposited 'It was the best butter': Choosing the Right Journal for Your Work in the group RCWS Writing Pedagogies https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1829048/ Tue, 10 Jan 2023 02:28:01 -0500 Series of Powerpoint slides. Background on the limited time of faculty at "the 99%" of institutions (Francisco and O'Dair) to conduct research and thus the importance of not wasting that labor by choosing inappropriate venues. Overview of types of journal, and suggestions for using reflection prompts, the MLA directory of Periodicals, and a…[Read more]

]]> 0 ff856e2afe985cd78e91b7f38519f103 Delia Steverson uploaded the file: Mab Segrest--The Disabling Political Economy of the Georgia Asylum to LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1828379/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:05:09 -0500 0 4876d9a8c508af45d69aaad6acd990db Delia Steverson uploaded the file: Regis Fox --Mad Southern Mothers: ‘Playing Crazy’ in Twentieth-Century Black Women’s Literature to LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1828378/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 04:03:26 -0500 0 9e0d7a3032585f36be6de89d9af832c0 Delia Steverson uploaded the file: Stephen Knadler--Frances Harper and the Figuration of Fugitive Chronic Disability to LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1828196/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 23:53:33 -0500 0 30cb77b7fcb6efe07865b132a8659cf8 Joseph R. Millichap deposited James Agee, Frances Wickes, and The Morning Watch as Shadowy Autobiography in the group LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1823110/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 02:39:26 -0500 James Agee’s complicated life and complex work have elicited varied critical responses, but none thus far by way of the writer’s intriguing relationship with his sometime analyst Frances Wickes. I believe Agee’s autobiographical writings prove both intertextual with and influenced by Wickes’s work, especially in regard to her novel and to The Mor…[Read more]

]]> 0 f27d9e0fd0f2119e39fa1d1623c445f8 Joseph R. Millichap deposited James Agee, Frances Wickes, and The Morning Watch as Shadowy Autobiography in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1823109/ Sun, 20 Nov 2022 02:35:02 -0500 James Agee’s complicated life and complex work have elicited varied critical responses, but none thus far by way of the writer’s intriguing relationship with his sometime analyst Frances Wickes. I believe Agee’s autobiographical writings prove both intertextual with and influenced by Wickes’s work, especially in regard to her novel and to The Mor…[Read more]

]]> 0 a0ac8eea82a7ad3730039f42b79e2af5 Amel Abbady deposited Afghanistan’s “Bacha Posh”: Gender-Crossing in Nadia Hashimi’s The Pearl That Broke Its Shell in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1789159/ Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:48:49 -0400 This article explores the tradition of Bacha Posh in Afghan culture as depicted in Afghan-American Nadia Hashimiʼs debut novel The Pearl that Broke its Shell (2014). In this novel, Hashimi shows how Afghan girls are obliged to cross-dress and live dual lives as boys for several years to lay claim for their rights to education and freedom of…[Read more]

]]> 0 577165686d4dd3736d50f310d01fbe15 Amel Abbady deposited "'You cannot assimilate Indian ghosts' : a magical realist reading of Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchman" in the group LLC Indigenous Literatures of the United States and Canada https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1788677/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 03:53:36 -0400 In The Night Watchman (2020), Louise Erdrich continues to blur the lines between history and fiction as she has done in several of her novels. Erdrich introduces the reader to several magical elements that appear to be entirely real: two ghosts, a dog that talks, and an unearthly powwow with Jesus as one of the dancers. The main objective of this…[Read more]

]]> 0 b0660ae358322d6ee4346a8f6b1d9dab Amel Abbady deposited "'You cannot assimilate Indian ghosts' : a magical realist reading of Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchman" in the group LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/activity/p/1788676/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 03:48:53 -0400 In The Night Watchman (2020), Louise Erdrich continues to blur the lines between history and fiction as she has done in several of her novels. Erdrich introduces the reader to several magical elements that appear to be entirely real: two ghosts, a dog that talks, and an unearthly powwow with Jesus as one of the dancers. The main objective of this…[Read more]

]]> 0 6210ae1e10cd817ec982acb171cc6c32 Patrick Chura started the topic Call for Essays on African American Literature and Culture in the discussion LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/20th-and-21st-century-american/forum/topic/call-for-essays-on-african-american-literature-and-culture-3/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:51:00 -0400 The non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research. We are in the process of expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture.  

We’re interested in commissioning reference articles (2,000-…[Read more]

]]> f34fbb37b4005439df6dc478f071c917 Frank Cha started the topic MLA 2023 CFP: Southern Labor in the discussion LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/southern-united-states/forum/topic/mla-2023-cfp-southern-labor/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 01:24:13 -0500 This panel seeks to explore the concept of work in the United States South and beyond. How does the region honor, resist, and reimagine labor practices? In what ways do the histories of slavery and exploitation of immigrant laborers complicate the notion of southern ingenuity and progress? How do these histories give rise to subtle and profound…[Read more]

]]> 05d35e69893f316eb878c1969687afae Delia Steverson started the topic MLA 2023 CFP Disability and Public Health in the U.S. South in the discussion LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/southern-united-states/forum/topic/mla-2023-cfp-disability-and-public-health-in-the-u-s-south/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:11:18 -0500 Disability and Public Health in the U.S. South 

A key part of colonizing in the U.S. South depended on the rhetoric of health, such as Ponce de Leon’s mythical fountain of youth and nineteenth-century boosterism claiming Florida as the “winter sanitarium of the country” (qtd in Knight 5). The semi-tropical warmth of the South invited justif…[Read more]

]]> 98fda1700b664b0b8e076395c30f8cb9 Delia Steverson started the topic MLA 2023 CFP Passages of Water and Labor Cultures of the Coastal South in the discussion LLC Southern United States https://mla.hcommons.org/groups/southern-united-states/forum/topic/mla-2023-cfp-passages-of-water-and-labor-cultures-of-the-coastal-south/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:08:39 -0500 Passages of Water and Labor Cultures of the Coastal South and the Caribbean

In Edwidge Danticat’s short story “Without Inspection,” an undocumented Haitian immigrant, Arnold, dies from unsafe working conditions at a construction site in south Florida. In the news coverage about the event, the construction company and developer release a state…[Read more]

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