Dinner sounds like a plan. I will be searching for someone to volunteer to moderate the panel. Right now I am just responsible for putting it together. 🤨 jc JE Caron, Emeritus, University of Hawaii at Manoa "Satire as the Comic Public Sphere" now in paperback https://www.amazon.com/Satire-Comic-Public-Sphere-Postmodern/dp/0271090197/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.i2V- <https://www.amazon.com/Satire-Comic-Public-Sphere-Postmodern/dp/0271090197/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.i2V-I4KEp6GfxdTDX3Wr6Q.a42aJc-PMwXf49q2yqlL-ZUoA2KhDzb1uXzuNzcjEoY&qid=1722263259&sr=1-1> I4KEp6GfxdTDX3Wr6Q.a42aJc-PMwXf49q2yqlL-ZUoA2KhDzb1uXzuNzcjEoY&qid=1722263259&sr=1-1 <https://www.amazon.com/Satire-Comic-Public-Sphere-Postmodern/dp/0271090197/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.i2V-I4KEp6GfxdTDX3Wr6Q.a42aJc-PMwXf49q2yqlL-ZUoA2KhDzb1uXzuNzcjEoY&qid=1722263259&sr=1-1> wishing to find calm he sits on the mountain top thunder overhead On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM Dennis Eddings < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hey Jimbo, > > Does this mean you will have to attend MLA? If so, you have my sympathy. > > Janie and I are thinking of heading into Monmouth one of these evenings for > dinner at a very good Italian Restaurant. Would you and the lovely > Michelle be interested in joining us? > d > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM James E Caron <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > TO: The Mark Twain Forum > > > > MLA 2026 Call for Papers > > > > The Mark Twain Circle is soliciting papers for MLA’s 2026 conference in > > Toronto. In keeping with the President’s theme of “Family Resemblances,” > we > > invite papers that explore resemblances within two broad categories, > > possibly using these suggestions. Other categories and topics are of > course > > welcome. > > > > GENRE > > autobiography, parable, Realism, gothic, travel narrative, boy books, > > burlesque, parody, satire, humorous sketch > > IDENTITY > > dialect speech, code switching, twins, personae, masking, cross-dressing > > > > Proposals of no more than 300 words plus a brief biography are due no > later > > than March 15. > > Please send submissions to Jim Caron: [log in to unmask] > > > > The Mark Twain Circle will assist with travel expenses to the conference > > for participants without institutional support if they join the Circle. > > >