The Thornton Wilder Society invites proposals for papers at the 2021 American Literature Association Conference. (Submissions required by February 1, 2021 February 21, 2021.)
The American Literature Association Conference (July 7-11, 2021 in Boston)
The Thornton Wilder Society welcomes papers on any aspect of the author’s career for the annual American Literature Association (ALA) conference in Boston on July 7-11, 2021, Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02116. We especially welcome papers on gender in any of the plays or novels, or racial identity as they relate to such Wilder works as the plays “Pullman Car Hiawatha” and The Skin of Our Teeth, or the novel The Eighth Day. For information about the author’s works and available editions, as well as published Wilder scholarship, go to http://www.twildersociety.org/works/ and http://www.twildersociety.org/education/bibliography/.
We welcome paper proposals from both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as established scholars. Those interested in presenting papers in a session on Thornton Wilder should email proposals to Park Bucker (psbucke@uscsumter.edu) by February 1, 2021 February 21, 2021.
Update: the deadline for submission of proposals been extended until February 21, 2021.