Hello all,

I have posted a number of CFPs for papers for ASA 2012 (November in San
Juan, Puerto Rico) and ALA (May in San Francisco) on the Humor in America
website:

http://humorinamerica.wordpress.com/announcements/

Almost any aspect of humor/Mark Twain would fit into one of these panels.
 The deadlines are mostly in mid-January.

And while you are there, see Sharon McCoy's piece "Mark Twain's Tale Within
a Tail Within a Tale"--freshly published today and stemming from a
conversation on this very forum.

http://humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/mark-twains-tale-within-a-tail-within-a-tale/

Happy New Year's!

Tracy Wuster