Taylor, Thanks for sharing the link to Alan's talk. It was a great way to end my busiest day of classes this week. Michael On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 11:29 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 > -- Michael A. Torregrossa (he/his/him), M.A. "Be *one *with thy brothers of the *Round Table--*with *Arthur *and Lancelot, Gawain and *Galahad*, with them *all...* Be *thou *what they were--a *hero!* Strive forever to maintain the rule of *right*--of law and *justice*--against those who live and rule by *might*." Chris Claremont, "From the Holocaust--A Hero!" *Captain Britain* No. 2 (20 Oct. 1976) *Founder, The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture: https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/ *Founder, The Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Matter of Britain: https://kingarthurforever.blogspot.com/ *Founder, Northeast Alliance for Scholarship on the Fantastic: https://northeastfantastic.blogspot.com/ Area Chair, Monsters and the Monstrous Area, Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association: https://popularpreternaturaliana.blogspot.com/