CALLS FOR PAPERS  [note new deadlines]

Proposals are invited for the following sessions sponsored by the Mark
Twain Circle of America at the American Literature Association Conference
2000, May  25-28,  Long Beach, CA and at the Modern Language Association
convention 2000, December 27-30, Washington, DC.

AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION 2000
May 25-28, 2000, Long Beach CA

1. Panel topic: Mark Twain on Race, Ethnicity and Class. Send proposals to
Joseph B. McCullough [[log in to unmask]] DEADLINE:  January 5, 2000

2. Panel topic: Mark Twain and Native Americans. Send proposals to Lauren
Muller [[log in to unmask]] DEADLINE: January 5, 2000

3. Informal roundtable topic: Why I work on Mark Twain. Send summary
paragraphs to John Bird [[log in to unmask]]. DEADLINE: January 5, 2000

 MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION 2000

1. Open panel topic: any aspect of Mark Twain's work/life. Send proposals
to Shelley Fisher Fishkin [[log in to unmask]] DEADLINE: February 1,
2000

2. Panel topic: Mark Twain's Literary Daughters-on any women writers who
were influenced by Twain or whose fiction is implicitly or explicitly in
conversaiton with Twain. Send proposals to Shelley Fisher Fishkin
[[log in to unmask]] DEADLINE: February 1, 2000

Shelley Fisher Fishkin
University of Texas