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MLA NEWS DIGEST • 17 NOVEMBER 2021
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Shape the Future of the MLA—Vote!
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Voting is now open for the MLA’s annual elections for second vice president and for Executive Council, Delegate Assembly, and the forum executive committees. Review candidate information and vote online. To be counted, members’ ballots must be received by 10 December.
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PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT
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Life and Deeds of the Famous Gentleman Don Catrín de la Fachenda
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This picaresque novel by the Mexican writer José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi is now available in its first English translation and in a new Spanish edition.
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LEARN MORE
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Join to get 30% off MLA titles.
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Brent Hayes Edwards Webinar
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Join MLA Executive Director Paula Krebs in a virtual conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards, the editor of PMLA, about his work, his career trajectory, and his plans for the journal. Learn more and register for this 2 December webinar (2:00 p.m. EST).
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Read the Fall MLA Newsletter Online
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View the latest MLA Newsletter, and read about rethinking and resetting higher education, the MLA’s Teaching Institute for Reading and Writing at Access-Oriented Institutions, MLA 2022 sessions on demystifying editing and publishing in academia, and more.
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments
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Stay informed about MLA governance by reading the proposed constitutional amendments on which the Delegate Assembly will vote in January 2022.
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Volunteer at the 2022 MLA Convention
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The MLA invites graduate students who are not presenting to volunteer at the annual convention and receive a registration fee waiver. The number of slots is limited, so apply today!
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RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
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Reminder: MLA members who are graduate students, non-tenure-track faculty members, unemployed, or living outside the United States and Canada are eligible for grants of $400 to attend the convention. Apply by 1 December.
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Papers: Annual Dickens Society symposium, due 29 Nov.
Submissions: Special issue of FRAME, Literary Perspectives on Food, due 30 Nov.
Submissions: Special issue of Literature, What Is the Role of Literature Now?, due 30 Nov.
Papers: Graduate conference, The End of English, due 3 Dec.
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Essays: Book about women vigilantes and outlaws in popular media, due 15 Dec.
Papers: Graduate conference, Transitions, due 15 Dec.
Submissions: Special issue of European Drama and Performance Studies, due 31 Dec.
Papers: Southeast Indian Studies Conference, due 10 Jan.
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