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MLA NEWS DIGEST • 16 FEBRUARY 2022
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Compete for MLA Publication Prizes
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Authors and editors are invited to compete for the James Russell Lowell Prize and the MLA Prize for a First Book,
which have a 1 March deadline. Learn more about these
and other MLA awards for outstanding work in languages, literatures, interdisciplinary studies, biography, and translation.
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PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT
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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Cormac McCarthy
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This volume offers strategies for guiding students through McCarthy’s novels and published plays and screenplays.
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LEARN MORE
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Join to get 30% off MLA titles.
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MLA 2023 Presidential Theme
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The presidential theme for the 2023 convention in San Francisco is Working Conditions. Christopher Newfield, president of the MLA, invites you to submit a call for papers on one of the many topics that the theme might inspire. Submit your call by 28 February!
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Take the MLA Inclusive Language Survey
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The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook includes a brief chapter on the principles of inclusive language. The MLA now seeks members’ input to further develop these guidelines and to formulate additional recommendations on using and teaching inclusive language in the humanities.
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MLA Summer Internships
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Tell your talented college students: the MLA is hiring paid summer interns to work in departments including bibliography, communications, and outreach. Applications due 25 March.
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MLA 2022 Recordings
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You can now view presentations you may have missed at MLA 2022. Session recordings will remain available to convention registrants until mid-March.
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RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
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MLA members are entitled to significant discounts on a variety of products and services, including insurance, hotel stays, and car rentals. See the updated list of discounts on our website and check back for new additions!
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Papers: Conference on the South Asian Diaspora, due 23 Feb.
Submissions: Special issue titled Spaces of Shelter in SEL journal, due 28 Feb.
Submissions: Special issue on literary writings of nonliterary artists, due 28 Feb.
Submissions: Special issue of Henry James Review, due 1 Mar.
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Submissions: Special issue titled Coding Covid-19: The Rise of the App-Society, due 15 Mar.
Papers: Transatlantic studies conference, due 20 Mar.
Submissions: Special issue on affect, immersion, and video games, due 31 Mar.
Essays: Book of narratives by Black children of incarcerated parents, due 30 Apr.
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