I also really enjoyed Dr. Gribben’s talk and “meeting” the Gribben family via Zoom. I am looking forward to those new volumes and the new indexes! I would like to see more of these Zoom get togethers for the Mark Twain Forum members. Barb On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Michael Torregrossa, Medieval in Popular Culture <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Taylor. > > I'm a comic book guy, and it was sort of like learning the (secret) origins > of his research. > > It is definitely something I wish scholars would do more of. I always > wonder how/why the research I'm reading was initiated. > > Michael > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask] > > > wrote: > > > Hi Michael and Judith: > > > > Yes, it was a great talk and I am sorry I did not record it. Apparently > > the organizer recorded it and hoped to post it in a few days after the > end > > of the conference. I will keep my eyes open and post a link when it > > appears. > > > > Hope you are having a nice weekend, > > Taylor > > > > > On Mar 6, 2021, at 12:39, Lee, Judith <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > > I unfortunately missed the talk. Is a recording posted somewhere? > > > > > > Judith Yaross Lee > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Mar 6, 2021, at 12:34 PM, Michael Torregrossa, Medieval in Popular > > Culture <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> > > >> 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://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. > monroevilleliteraryfestival.com%2Fpost%2Fdr-alan-gribben- > selected-as-eugene-current-garcia-recipient&data=04% > 7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52% > 7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637506488574673783%7CUnknown% > 7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik > 1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=nmTjS0ZqymoO3pNW0atJYX6gxgvO7d > Mg8NOpAmgTzBU%3D&reserved=0 > > >>> > > >>> 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://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww. > monroevilleliteraryfestival.com%2Fregistration&data= > 04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52% > 7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637506488574673783%7CUnknown% > 7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik > 1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gMVfgtB%2FVDCNDcQtMaNUz4H% > 2BR36d55kyIlGoCgIk4bk%3D&reserved=0 > > >>> > > >>> 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://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F% > 2Fmedievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com%2F&data=04% > 7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52% > 7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637506488574673783%7CUnknown% > 7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik > 1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=5lfQZrcIqKYbD9J% > 2F4N7T%2B6KScUJt45QiQkrWM2%2FXTxQ%3D&reserved=0 > > >> > > >> *Founder, The Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Matter of > > >> Britain: > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F% > 2Fkingarthurforever.blogspot.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU% > 7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817 > c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637506488574683778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAw > MDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000& > amp;sdata=719tl64%2B%2FYi9rvTtKG9M1oDzOu0npYJnqKsIM > J1r7vw%3D&reserved=0 > > >> > > >> *Founder, Northeast Alliance for Scholarship on the Fantastic: > > >> > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F% > 2Fnortheastfantastic.blogspot.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU% > 7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817 > c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637506488574683778%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAw > MDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000& > amp;sdata=%2BUv1%2B9YLfH7MrdxSaM99UkFplJ%2FtSE8XxRcKY1ktBFs%3D& > reserved=0 > > >> > > >> Area Chair, Monsters and the Monstrous Area, Northeast Popular > > >> Culture/American Culture Association: > > >> > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F% > 2Fpopularpreternaturaliana.blogspot.com%2F&data=04% > 7C01%7Cleej%40OHIO.EDU%7C914b4b97d7704beca4ba08d8e0c60f52% > 7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637506488574683778%7CUnknown% > 7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik > 1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=loqrxA3CXVJNSTecgnkUvPsW5C0X78 > h%2Bi45V%2B7sLtpI%3D&reserved=0 > > > > > -- > 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/ >