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The Limbs of Starfish: Mental Regeneration through Radical Creativity

updated: 
Saturday, August 23, 2025 - 7:59am
Natasha Tinsley/ Northeast Modern Language Association
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Starfish are echinoderms with a unique ability called autotomy where they can regenerate lost limbs. There are times when these creatures will even sacrifice a limb to save themselves. However, whether through natural causes or detriment, we learn that loss can equal a new beginning. These new appendages are not always exact matches. Nevertheless, these misshaped, Frankensteined pieces, marred by experience, can represent a new foundation that is more powerful, vigorous, efficient, and even healthier.

Borders, Bridges and Belonging: Neighborhoods in Global Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture

updated: 
Saturday, August 23, 2025 - 7:58am
Global Committee, Children's Literature Association (ChLA)
deadline for submissions: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Call for Papers:

Global Committee Panel on

"Borders, Bridges and Belonging:

Neighborhoods in Global Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture"

Deadline: September 30, 2025

11:59 p.m. (Eastern US Standard Time)

Children's Literature Association Conference

May 28-30, 2026

Omni William Penn Hotel

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

 

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