The Mark Twain Circle of America will sponsor two sessions at the American Literature Association's 18th Annual Conference, May 24-27, 2007, in Boston. The first topic will be "Mark Twain and His Contemporaries." This session will focus on Twain's interactions with individuals or societies of his own time: authors, political or cultural organizations, business relationships, etc. The other session will be open: proposals on any aspect of Twain's literature will be welcome. Please submit papers or proposals via US mail or e-mail so as to arrive by Tuesday, January 11, 2007, to the president of the Mark Twain Circle: Prof. Lawrence I Berkove Mark Twain Circle Dept. of Humanities Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI 48128 [log in to unmask] For a more complete and more decorative version of the call for papers, go to http://faculty.citadel.edu/leonard/MTCAalacall07.htm