The Willa Cather Society will sponsor two sessions at the American
Literature Association in Cambridge, Mass., 24-27 May, 2001. One-page
proposals for the following sessions are invited; deadline is 4 Jan. 2001.
1) WILLA CATHER'S INFLUENCES ON OTHER WRITERS. This session
invites papers on writers influenced by Willa Cather's
writing. Possibilities include F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alice Munro, May
Sarton, Eudora Welty, and many others. Please send proposals to Robert
Thacker, Canadian Studies Program, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
13617. Inquiries to Robert Thacker at rthacker@stlawu.edu or
315-229-5970.
2) Foods, the Cather family quilts, hats, mannish shirts and ties,
a Persian lady music box, a mink coat, dish clouts, a buttery iron
spoon--these and other objects have been part of the landscape of Cather
studies. Papers are invited for an ALA session, WILLA CATHER AND MATERIAL
CULTURE. Please send proposals to Janis P. Stout, Dean of Faculties and
Associate Provost, Texas A&M University, 1126 TAMU, College Station, TX
77843-1126. Inquiries to Janis Stout at j-stout@tamu.edu.
Ann Romines
Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of English
The George Washington University
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