Approaches to Teaching the Works of Tim O'Brien

Dear Colleagues:

We are beginning preparation of the above projected volume in MLA's
Approaches to Teaching World Literature series, and we would like as much
participation as possible.

If you teach O'Brien, we would very much appreciate it if you would respond
to a brief questionnaire. Please email your interest to Alex Vernon(contact
information below), and we will send you an electronic copy of the
questionnaire. Please return the form no later than 15 January 2004.

CALL FOR PAPERS: NORTHERN EXPOSURE: QUIRKY QUALITY TV

Edited by Jimmie Cain and David Lavery, Middle Tennessee State
University, John Zubizarreta, Columbia College

The editors of an in-development collection of essays on the television
series NORTHERN EXPOSURE (1990-1995) seek your proposals.

In TELEVISION'S SECOND GOLDEN AGE: FROM HILL STREET BLUES TO ER, Robert
J. Thompson offers the following capsule account of the CBS Dramedy
NORTHERN EXPOSURE.

TOPIC, the annual of Washington and Jefferson College, is soliciting
original critical essays for the Fall 2004 issue on J. K. Rowling's Harry
Potter novels.

We are particularly interested in essays that (1) discuss her most recent
volume, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, (2) analyze the film
adaptations of the novels, and (3) study the impact of Rowling's books on
writing for children (and perhaps even writing by children).

All essays will be subject to review by the seven members of the editorial
board. They should be well researched, carefully documented, and
intelligible to those in other disciplines.

Journal of Modern Literature: special issue on Norman Mailer (9/1/04;
journal issue)

_Journal of Modern Literature_ is looking for essays on Norman Mailer's
work, reputation, and cultural significance, focusing especially on the
period since _Executioner's Song_, for the Fall 2005 issue. A number of
essays have been received and there is room for a few more. Essays on
the following topics will be especially welcome:

* When He Was Good: Mailer and the Politics of
Literary Reputation

* Mailer and the American Canon, 1980-2000

* Mailer vs Feminism: a Reconsideration

Florida Atlantic Comparative Studies is currently accepting submissions for
its upcoming issue focused on the topic of "Performing Culture." Although
papers using comparative methodologies are of particular interest, all
methodologies and approaches are welcomed. Possible topics and/or approaches
might include: semiotics, film theory, drama theory and performativity, dance,
visuality, fashion, anthropology and the artifact, queer and gender theory,
psychoanalysis, ethnomusicology, architecture, and body art. All submissions
(two copies of the manuscript and a cover letter with contact information)
must be mailed by March 1, 2004; since FACS follows a "blind reading" policy,

CFP:
Science Studies and Science Fiction
edited by Margret Grebowicz

This collection calls on specialists in science studies, broadly conceived,
to explore the implications of science fiction for their particular areas of
inquiry. Critical essays will explore the actual and potential roles of the
genre of science fiction in academic interrogations of the sciences, from
theoretical, pedagogical, and historical perspectives. I am soliciting
essays which address works of science fiction in any medium from any of the
following vantage points:

CALL FOR PAPERS

GYPSY SCHOLARS, MIGRANT TEACHERS, AND THE GLOBAL ACADEMIC PROLETARIAT:
ADJUNCT LABOR IN HIGHER EDUCATION

We are inviting submissions for an anthology of essays on adjunct and
part-time teaching in global institutions of higher education, tentatively
called Gypsy Scholars, Migrant Teachers, and the Global Academic
Proletariat: Adjunct Labor in Higher Education. Essays are to be 20-25 pages
in length. Abstracts are due by May 31, 2004. For queries or proposals,
contact Rudolphus Teeuwen (jeeuwen_at_mail.nsysu.edu.tw) or Steffen Hantke
(steffenhantke_at_hotmail.com).

Please review the call for papers below and attached and consider
contributing to this proposed collection. Your assistance in
forwarding this to friends and colleagues via e-mail, listservs, or
bulletin boards would also be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Toni Nelson Herrera
Louis Mendoza

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Call for submissions for a proposed volume of multi-generic writings

Yo hablo, yo soy. ?Y que!: New Perspectives from Latinas/os on their Dynamic Language Experiences

***ANNOUNCING A NEW JOURNAL***

***ANNOUNCING A NEW JOURNAL***

The electronic peer-reviewed English Studies Forum will publish its
inaugural issue of critical and creative writing in January 2004. The
editors of ESF plan to publish 30-40 reviews of innovative and exciting
books of fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction, theory and/or
criticism each year.

These reviews will be prominently featured in a section titled "The Forum
Reviews." Books reviewed may (but are not expected to) engage with
current ESF topics.

Current (and future) forum sites will be devoted to the following topics:

Image, Story, and Conversation
The Postmodern Imagination and Beyond
Play
War Stories

CFP: ATLANTIC LITERARY REVIEW (New Delhi) Vol. 4, No. 4
SPECIAL ISSUE: POSTCOLONIAL FEMINIST WRITING
DEADLINE: 15 January 2004
Website: <http://www.geocities.com/atlanticliteraryreview/>

The Atlantic Literary Review is published quarterly in New Delhi and
sponsored by Atlantic Publishers and Distributors, B-2, Vishal Enclave, Opp.
Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 India.

Call for Papers

Women's Short Fiction

A volume of critical essays to be published by Atlantic Publishers &
Distributors. Co-editors: Dr. Mittapalli Rajeshwar and Dr. Joel Kuortti.

The editor of the proposed collection, called "Queer People of the Book:
Judaism and Homosexualities," seeks MLA formatted submissions of between
15-30 pps. Submissions should be well researched, engaging and, hopefully,
focus on topics and areas (i.e., medieval period) that have heretofore not
received much attention. But submissions are invited across historical
periods and disciplines, including Hebrew Scriptures and Ancient Israelite
Culture, commentaries on the laws, and the areas of Judaic, Queer, and
Women's Studies across various disciplines. Submissions can include what it
means to be queer and Jewish in pedagogical, religious, and political