Congratulations, Alan! Amazing distinction and well deserved! Ben On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:33 AM Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Congratulations to Alan Gribben for being awarded the Eugene Current-Garcia > Award for Alabama's Distinguished Literary Scholar, which is the highest > honor for an English professor in his state. > > Twainians have long been beneficiaries of Gribben's _MT's Library_ (1980 > and updates in press), editorship of the _MT Journal_ (2009-2020), and many > other scholarly contributions to MT studies, some of which are listed in > the award announcement at > > https://www.monroevilleliteraryfestival.com/post/dr-alan-gribben-selected-as-eugene-current-garcia-recipient > > Forum members are invited to the virtual award ceremony where Alan will > have the opportunity to discuss how his half-century quest to research Mark > Twain's literary resources has influenced his life: > > Talk Title: "Living in Mark Twain's Mind: A Fifty-Year Puzzle" by Dr. Alan > Gribben > Date: March 4, 2021 > Time: 6:30-7:30 PM Central Standard Time (7:30pm EST / 4:30 PST) > Location: Zoom > Free registration: > https://www.monroevilleliteraryfestival.com/registration > > After you register they will send you the Zoom information the day before. > > Congratulations again to Alan! > > -TR > -- Ben Click Professor, English Director, Writing & Speaking Center Editor, *The* *Mark Twain Annual* Director, Twain Lecture Series on American Humor and Culture (240) 895-4253 St. Mary's College of Maryland