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MLA NEWS DIGEST • 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
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Register Today for MLA 2022 and Save!
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Take advantage of early member registration rates for the MLA Annual Convention, which will take place in Washington, DC, and online from 6 to 9 January 2022. Register today to get the best rates and the widest selection of workshops and hotel
rooms. Early registration rates end on 7 October.
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PUBLICATIONS SPOTLIGHT
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The Woman with the Wolf (La dame à la louve)
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Renée Vivien's short stories, written in 1904 but entirely topical today, challenge moral hypocrisy and normative views about gender. Available in the original French and in an English translation.
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LEARN MORE
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Join to get 30% off MLA titles.
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MLA Handbook Plus Now Available Online
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Institutional subscriptions are now available for MLA Handbook Plus, a new digital product providing online access to the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook. Ask your librarian about the go-to resource for writers of research papers and for anyone citing sources.
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MLA Group Memberships for Grad Students
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Departments can save up to 20% when they purchase an MLA group membership for graduate students instead of individual memberships–and get a discounted convention rate when they register a grad group for MLA 2022! Student members are eligible for convention grants.
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Ask UP Questions Answered by the MLA
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You asked. We answered! Check out Ask UP’s FAQs, in which MLA editors answer your basic and not-so-basic questions about how to publish and promote scholarship.
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Contribute to an MLA Volume in Development
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Submit an essay proposal for one of the MLA books in development, on teaching Elizabeth Gaskell and on teaching medieval English drama, among other topics. Learn more.
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT
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Congress is writing legislation that would mandate a 75% tenure-track faculty. Read the MLA statement advocating for this legislation and call Senator Patty Murray at 202 224-2621 to voice your support today.
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Papers: Symposium on trends in contemporary language and literature, due 22 Sept.
Essays: Special forum on the migrant experience and medical humanities, due 30 Sept.
Papers: Online symposium on women and power,
due 1 Oct.
Essays: Volume on XR and the humanities, due 15 Oct.
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Papers: Caucus on queerness and the body in pandemics, due 15 Oct.
Papers: The College English Association’s conference on justice, due 1 Nov.
Submissions: Special issue on multispecies entanglements in literature and art, due 15 Nov.
Papers: Conference on medieval studies, due 29 Nov.
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