Hello Elmira, Myself and others have waited four long years for the return of the Twin Conference. How shall we be notified, register, and get all the particulars as we did last time? Is there an Elmira contact? Is it Barb? How shall I contact her? Richard Talbot 1531 West Idaho Avenue Falcon Heights, MN 55108-2118 Cell (651) 280 8734 Home (651) 646 6624 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Twain Center Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 7:15 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Reminder: Elmira 2013 Abstracts Join us in Elmira this August 1-3 for scholarship and friendship as we commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Pen name -- "Yours, dreamily, MARK TWAIN." We invite your developed abstracts (700 words) for The Seventh International Conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies are due Monday, February 4th, 2013 -- two weeks from today. Final papers must be suitable for a 20-minute presentation. Please send your attached abstract, via electronic submission, to [log in to unmask] Provide your name, mailing address, and email address. Developed abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by selected panel chairs during the month of February. The Call for Papers is available on the Web. Google Elmira 2013, Call for Papers. We look forward to greeting you in Elmira this August.