A Call for Papers for the Tenth Annual
LATINA LETTERS
conference on Latina literature and identity
sponsored by
St. Mary? University
and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
July 14 - 16, 2005
Theme:
Ten years of Latina Letters,
Three Decades of
Latina Literature
featuring
Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora,
Ana Men?ndez, Lorna Dee Cervantes,
Alicia Gaspar de Alba & others
CALL FOR PAPERS: Abstract Deadline (postmark): Friday, April 29,
2005
Notification by e-mail on Friday, May 11, 2005 (see BELOW for
instructions)
On-line registration (beginning March 1, 2005):
www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
For more information:
LatinaLetters_at_wingspress.com
FROM THE DIRECTOR: In 2005 we celebrate 10 years since the founding
of what has become
?ne of the nation? most
important gatherings about literature by Hispanic women?(Steve
Bennet, Express-News, 7-14-04).
We will discuss and celebrate
three decades of Latina Literature in the U.S. Why three decades?
Because the ?rossing over?of
U.S. Latino literature into the
awareness of the general American reader began in the 1980? with the
publication of Sandra
Cisneros?The House on Mango Street
by Arte P?blico Press in 1984. The widespread popularity of this
book, especially among
educators in desperate need of Latina texts suitable for high school
study, led to its eventual
publication by Random House, to the
awarding of a McArthur ?enius?fellowship to a Latina writer, and
eventually to the acceptance of
the existence of a significant
Latina/o literary market by the mainstream publishing houses of New
York. Cisneros is recognized as
the one who opened the gates
of the mainstream for many Latino writers to follow. Hence,
representing the decade of the 1980?,
our guest writer will be Sandra
Cisneros. For the decade of the 1990? Pat Mora, Chicana poet
extraordinaire and a pioneering Latina
children? author, will read her
poetry and participate in panels. Representing the first decade of
the 21st
Century, Alicia Gaspar de Alba will read from her new novel, Desert
Blood, about the murders of over
300 Latina women in the
U.S./Mexican border town of Juarez. Also a 21st Century author,
Cuban-American Ana Men?ndez
will read from her works Loving
Che and In Cuba I was a German Shepherd. The conference will be a
forum for issues of literature,
art, identity, ethnicity and gender,
continuing as it has from the beginning to focus awareness on these
important issues.
-- Dr. Gwendolyn D?az, Director, Latina Letters
Professor, St. Mary? Univ.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Abstract Deadline (postmark): Friday, April 29, 2005
Notification by e-mail on Friday, May 11, 2005
Please send abstracts of papers, panel proposals, and other
suggestions for possible presentations to:
Attn: Dr. Gwendolyn D?az
Latina Letters Conference, Dept. of English
St. Mary? University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8535
If submitting by e-mail:
Please send abstracts in the message window and as Word attachments.
Other materials can be
included as attachments.
Send to:
latinaletters_at_wingspress.com
The topic for papers is open this year. Papers, panels, and
presentations may focus on some aspect of
the conference theme,
on Latina literature in general (this year including children?
literature), or on other aspects of the
Latina experience. Papers
on the works of attending writers are appreciated. Creative
presentation proposals are also welcome.
Abstracts should be
approximately 250 words in length, and must include a working title.
Proposals for panels and other
conference activities
must include the names of all participants, a short summary vita for
each presenter, including title,
affiliation, and address.
PLEASE include an e-mail address for notification.
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE (unless noted, all events are at St. Mary?
University)
Thursday, July 14: Banquet with keynote speaker, Sandra Cisneros.
Book & poster signing.
Friday, July15: Daytime panels & papers. Evening presentations by Ana
Men?ndez & Pat Mora.
Saturday, July 16: Daytime panels & papers. Special evening film and
literary presentations (Alicia
Gaspar de Alba) at the
Guadalupe Theater.
REGISTRATION
On-line registration (beginning March 1, 2005):
www.guadalupeculturalarts.org
On-line registration is available. Otherwise, please print and fill
out this form and return with payment.
Make checks payable
to ?atina Letters?and send to:
LATINA LETTERS CONFERENCE
c/o Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
1300 Guadalupe Street ? San Antonio, TX 78207
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If you wish to reserve a room at St. Mary? University, please check:
____ Thurs, July 14 ____ Fri., July 15 ____
Sat., July 16
All housing fees help to underwrite the conference and are not paid
to the university.
Please address all housing comments/complaints to the directors.
Registration (professional $60, student $20) $ ________
Housing deposit ($40) $ ________
Banquet fee ($25) $ ________
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(Additional banquet reservations may be
made until July 8.)
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SORRY, BUT NO REFUNDS AFTER JULY 1.
On-campus apartments are available to conferees on a first-come,
first-served basis at a rate of $40 per
night. Rooms have
two twin beds and basic linens. Arrange-ments to share rooms must be
made by conferees. Please
include a $40 room
deposit. Remainder is due at check-in.
A discounted conference rate is also available at the downtown Market
Square Holiday Inn (318 W.
Durango,
210-225-2311). Holiday Inn reservations and arrangements for travel
to and from the conference are
up to each conferee.
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