I also really enjoyed Dr. Gribben’s talk and “meeting” the Gribben family
via Zoom. I am looking forward to those new volumes and the new indexes!  I
would like to see more of these Zoom get togethers for the Mark Twain Forum
members.

Barb

On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Michael Torregrossa, Medieval in Popular
Culture <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Thanks, Taylor.
>
> I'm a comic book guy, and it was sort of like learning the (secret) origins
> of his research.
>
> It is definitely something I wish scholars would do more of. I always
> wonder how/why the research I'm reading was initiated.
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Michael and Judith:
> >
> > Yes, it was a great talk and I am sorry I did not record it. Apparently
> > the organizer recorded it and hoped to post it in a few days after the
> end
> > of the conference. I will keep my eyes open and post a link when it
> > appears.
> >
> > Hope you are having a nice weekend,
> > Taylor
> >
> > > On Mar 6, 2021, at 12:39, Lee, Judith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I unfortunately missed the talk. Is a recording posted somewhere?
> > >
> > > Judith Yaross Lee
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 12:34 PM, Michael Torregrossa, Medieval in Popular
> > Culture <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Taylor,
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for sharing the link to Alan's talk.
> > >>
> > >> It was a great way to end my busiest day of classes this week.
> > >>
> > >> Michael
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:29 AM Taylor Roberts <
> > [log in to unmask]>
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> Congratulations to Alan Gribben for being awarded the Eugene
> > Current-Garcia
> > >>> Award for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar, which is the
> > highest
> > >>> honor for an English professor in his state.
> > >>>
> > >>> Twainians have long been beneficiaries of Gribben's _MT's Library_
> > (1980
> > >>> and updates in press), editorship of the _MT Journal_ (2009-2020),
> and
> > many
> > >>> other scholarly contributions to MT studies, some of which are listed
> > in
> > >>> the award announcement at
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
> monroevilleliteraryfestival.com%2Fpost%2Fdr-alan-gribben-
> selected-as-eugene-current-garcia-recipient&amp;data=04%
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> > >>>
> > >>> Forum members are invited to the virtual award ceremony where Alan
> will
> > >>> have the opportunity to discuss how his half-century quest to
> research
> > Mark
> > >>> Twain's literary resources has influenced his life:
> > >>>
> > >>> Talk Title: "Living in Mark Twain's Mind: A Fifty-Year Puzzle" by Dr.
> > Alan
> > >>> Gribben
> > >>> Date: March 4, 2021
> > >>> Time: 6:30-7:30 PM Central Standard Time (7:30pm EST / 4:30 PST)
> > >>> Location: Zoom
> > >>> Free registration:
> > >>>
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.
> monroevilleliteraryfestival.com%2Fregistration&amp;data=
> 04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52%
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> 2BR36d55kyIlGoCgIk4bk%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > >>>
> > >>> After you register they will send you the Zoom information the day
> > before.
> > >>>
> > >>> Congratulations again to Alan!
> > >>>
> > >>> -TR
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Michael A. Torregrossa (he/his/him), M.A.
> > >>
> > >> "Be *one *with thy brothers of the *Round Table--*with *Arthur *and
> > >> Lancelot, Gawain and *Galahad*, with them *all...* Be *thou *what they
> > >> were--a *hero!* Strive forever to maintain the rule of *right*--of law
> > and
> > >> *justice*--against those who live and rule by *might*."
> > >>
> > >> Chris Claremont, "From the Holocaust--A Hero!" *Captain Britain* No. 2
> > (20
> > >> Oct. 1976)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> *Founder, The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and
> > Teaching
> > >> of the Medieval in Popular Culture:
> > >>
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%
> 2Fmedievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com%2F&amp;data=04%
> 7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52%
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> 2F4N7T%2B6KScUJt45QiQkrWM2%2FXTxQ%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > >>
> > >> *Founder, The Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Matter of
> > >> Britain:
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%
> 2Fkingarthurforever.blogspot.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%
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> amp;sdata=719tl64%2B%2FYi9rvTtKG9M1oDzOu0npYJnqKsIM
> J1r7vw%3D&amp;reserved=0
> > >>
> > >> *Founder, Northeast Alliance for Scholarship on the Fantastic:
> > >>
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%
> 2Fnortheastfantastic.blogspot.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%
> 7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817
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> amp;sdata=%2BUv1%2B9YLfH7MrdxSaM99UkFplJ%2FtSE8XxRcKY1ktBFs%3D&amp;
> reserved=0
> > >>
> > >> Area Chair, Monsters and the Monstrous Area, Northeast Popular
> > >> Culture/American Culture Association:
> > >>
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%
> 2Fpopularpreternaturaliana.blogspot.com%2F&amp;data=04%
> 7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52%
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> h%2Bi45V%2B7sLtpI%3D&amp;reserved=0
> >
>
>
> --
> Michael A. Torregrossa (he/his/him), M.A.
>
> "Be *one *with thy brothers of the *Round Table--*with *Arthur *and
> Lancelot, Gawain and *Galahad*, with them *all...* Be *thou *what they
> were--a *hero!* Strive forever to maintain the rule of *right*--of law and
> *justice*--against those who live and rule by *might*."
>
> Chris Claremont, "From the Holocaust--A Hero!" *Captain Britain* No. 2 (20
> Oct. 1976)
>
>
> *Founder, The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching
> of the Medieval in Popular Culture:
> https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/
>
> *Founder, The Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Matter of
> Britain: https://kingarthurforever.blogspot.com/
>
> *Founder, Northeast Alliance for Scholarship on the Fantastic:
> https://northeastfantastic.blogspot.com/
>
> Area Chair, Monsters and the Monstrous Area, Northeast Popular
> Culture/American Culture Association:
> https://popularpreternaturaliana.blogspot.com/
>