The deadline for SAMLA 2015 has been extended to June 20. Here is the call 
for papers:

SAMLA will meet November 13-15 in Durham, NC. The session will be entitled 
"Mark Twain and the Other Arts."

In keeping with the conference theme “In Concert: Literature and the Other 
Arts”, the Mark Twain Circle invites papers for a panel on any aspect of 
Twain’s engagement with the arts.  Possible topics may include:

-Twain’s writing about the arts (including literature, music, theatre, and 
the fine and decorative arts)
-Representations of the arts in Twain’s works (including theater, music, 
architecture, fashion, sculpture and painting)
-Twain in the arts (representations of Twain in painting and print, cartoons 
and comics, theater, television and film).
-Other approaches are welcomed.
Please send a 300 word abstract and brief bio by 20 June 2015 to James 
Hewitson at [log in to unmask]  Please also note any A/V needs.
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John Bird
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