We caught your MSNBC interview live- great job! Don On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 4:55 PM Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Looking forward to seeing all who are making the trip to the quadrennial > conference later this week. Many thanks to this year's organizers, Shelley > Fisher Fishkin and Tracy Wuster, as well as the whole organizing committee, > and Joe Lemak, who I can report is working tirelessly on the ground to get > everything ready for your arrival. > > While there will undoubtedly be some minor last minute changes (travel > conditions are tough, after all), a digital version of the finalized > schedule is online. We will keep links to conference information in several > prominent places on our homepage, but you can always go directly to > > MarkTwainStudies.com/Elmira2022 > > The program, campus map, and other pertinent information, including any > updates, will appear there first! > > Also, as many of you get ready to travel, we have oodles of content to > prime your pump for three days of Twainia, starting with a new series of > *The > American Vandal Podcast. *Guest-hosted by Mika Turim-Nygren, it is a deep > dive into Kerry Driscoll's recent book, *Mark Twain Among The Indians*, > with John Bird, Susan K. Harris, Ann Ryan, and Kerry herself, all of whom > will be in Elmira! Subscribe and download from your favorite podcast > provider, or grab the premiere episode from > > MarkTwainStudies.com/ReviewingTwain > > If you prefer to read on the plane, my series on "The Twain Doctrine" > continues with an exploration of Hal Holbrook's brief association with the > US state propaganda. Twain scholarship doesn't usually get to traffic in > CIA memos, congressional hearings, and Cold War conspiracy theory, but this > does: > > MarkTwainStudies.com/CitizenHolbrook > > Finally, for you viewing pleasure, might I recommend any of the three > lectures from our Summer Park Church Series, or a prize-winning student > documentary, "To The Country Sitting In Darkness," or this past week's > episode of the #VelshiBannedBookClub on MSNBC, featuring yours truly trying > to explain *Huck Finn *in six minutes. All are available on our (or > MSNBC's) YouTube channel. > > Meet you in Elmira! > > *Matt Seybold, PhD* > Associate Professor of American Literature & Mark Twain Studies > Scholar-in-Residence, Center for Mark Twain Studies > Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org > Host, The American Vandal Podcast > <https://marktwainstudies.com/the-american-vandal-podcast/> > > Peterson Chapel Vestry, Cowles Hall > [log in to unmask] > MattSeybold.com > <https://www.elmira.edu/> >