Whitman Studies Association Calls for Papers for the American Literature Association Annual Conference (May 21-24, 2025)

Posted by Stephanie M. Blalock, President, Whitman Studies Association and Stefan Schöberlein, Vice President, Whitman Studies Assocation on 2024-11-04

Panel 1: Walt Whitman and Visual Culture A special issue of The Walt Whitman Quarterly Review (4 [Fall/Winter 1986-1987], 1-74) first brought together nearly all the known photographs of Whitman, laying the foundation for the Walt Whitman Archive’s Gallery of Images. Whitman wrote about and sat for sculptors and painters, and he has been the inspiration for many art and film projects. [...]

ALA Symposium on American Poetry (Santa Fe, November 7-9, 2024)

Posted by Sophia Craig on 2024-09-06

The Society for the Study of American Poetry, the newest member society of the American Literature Association, will be holding its first symposium in beautiful Santa Fe on November 7-9, 2024: ALA Symposium “American Poetry” – The American Literature Association.The symposium includes roundtables on “Contemporary Poetics” and “Rediscovered Voices,” and the keynote speaker is Dr. Karen L. Kilcup [...]