Dinner sounds like a plan.
I will be searching for someone to volunteer to moderate the panel.
Right now I am just responsible for putting it together. 🤨
jc


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On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM Dennis Eddings <
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> Hey Jimbo,
>
> Does this mean you will have to attend MLA?  If so, you have my sympathy.
>
> Janie and I are thinking of heading into Monmouth one of these evenings for
> dinner at a very good Italian Restaurant.  Would you and the lovely
> Michelle be interested in joining us?
> d
>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM James E Caron <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > TO: The Mark Twain Forum
> >
> > MLA 2026 Call for Papers
> >
> > The Mark Twain Circle is soliciting papers for MLA’s 2026 conference in
> > Toronto. In keeping with the President’s theme of “Family Resemblances,”
> we
> > invite papers that explore resemblances within two broad categories,
> > possibly using these suggestions. Other categories and topics are of
> course
> > welcome.
> >
> > GENRE
> > autobiography, parable, Realism, gothic, travel narrative, boy books,
> > burlesque, parody, satire, humorous sketch
> > IDENTITY
> > dialect speech, code switching, twins, personae, masking, cross-dressing
> >
> > Proposals of no more than 300 words plus a brief biography are due no
> later
> > than March 15.
> > Please send submissions to Jim Caron: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > The Mark Twain Circle will assist with travel expenses to the conference
> > for participants without institutional support if they join the Circle.
> >
>