Great, I got the impression that you had no presentations Jules Sent from my iPhone > On May 10, 2016, at 7:42 PM, Richey, Ms. Carolyn L <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion. The conference is in Dallas, and many of the SC= > MLA members are from around the DFW area. Thankfully, I have received seve= > ral potential participants already.=0A= > =0A= > =0A= > =0A= > Carolyn Leutzinger Richey=0A= > Tarleton State University=0A= > Department of English and Languages=0A= > [log in to unmask] > 254-968-9511=0A= > ________________________________________=0A= > From: Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWS= > KI <[log in to unmask]>=0A= > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 5:55 PM=0A= > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: LAST CALL FOR PAPERS -- SCMLA Nov. 3-5 2016 -- Dallas, Texas= > =0A= > =0A= > No twain is not a dieing topic, but it is bad timing since there is another= > =3D=0A= > mla at the same time which has a full panel.=0A= > =0A= > I suggest that you go to a university near where your conference is and go = > =3D=0A= > talk to the lit profs to see if they have any students interested. That is = > =3D=0A= > what I do and I get a full panel before cfp is even out!=0A= > Good luck=0A= > Jules=0A= > =3D20=0A= > =0A= > Sent from my iPhone=0A= > =0A= >> On May 10, 2016, at 11:52 AM, Richey, Ms. Carolyn L <[log in to unmask]>= > =3D=0A= > wrote:=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> I am putting out a last call for papers as I have not had much of a respo= > =3D=0A= > ns=3D3D=0A= >> e. While the conference's theme is The Spectacular City, ALL proposals o= > =3D=0A= > n =3D3D=0A= >> Mark Twain, his life, his writing, and his lectures are welcome.=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> -----------------------------------------------------=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> SCMLA 73rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE=0A= >> November 3 - 5, 2016=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> Sheraton Dallas Hotel * 400 North Olive Street * Dallas, TX 75201=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> The Spectacular City: Glamour, Decadence, and Celebrity in Literature and= > =3D=0A= > C=3D3D=0A= >> ulture=0A= >> -----------------------------------------------------=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> On a side note, is the study of Mark Twain a dying discipline? I certain= > =3D=0A= > ly=3D3D=0A= >> hope not. I have had such a lack of interest in this Mark Twain session = > =3D=0A= > a=3D3D=0A= >> t the conference that it leads me to wonder. Or, is the problem the conf= > =3D=0A= > er=3D3D=0A= >> ence theme? Please submit ANY PAPER OR PROPOSAL for this conference to s= > =3D=0A= > ho=3D3D=0A= >> w me that there are still Twainiacs out there!=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> Send your paper, proposal, or abstract to: [log in to unmask] or Caro= > =3D=0A= > ly=3D3D=0A= >> n L. Richey, Dept. of English and Languages, Box T-0300, Tarleton State U= > =3D=0A= > ni=3D3D=0A= >> versity, Stephenville, Texas. 76402=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> Carolyn=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> Call for Papers: Mark Twain:=0A= >> =3D20=0A= >> Carolyn Leutzinger Richey=0A= >> Tarleton State University=0A= >> Department of English and Languages=0A= >> [log in to unmask] >> 254-968-9511=0A=