CALL FOR PAPERS:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY AND POLITICS

SPECIAL SESSION FOR LITERATURE & POLITICS
AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION
2007 NATIONAL POPULAR CULTURE AND AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATIONS=92 =20
JOINT CONFERENCE
Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts
April 4 - 7, 2007

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: NOV. 1st, 2006.

The 2007 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association =20
National Meeting will be held at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, =20
110 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02116; phone 1-617-236-5800

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY AND POLITICS proposals are invited for =20
submission to the AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION Area Chair listed below.

Of special interest are proposals dealing with post-language =20
poetries, the rise and fall of the avant garde in contemporary =20
American poetry, the conflict of poetic theory & practice, the re-=20
genderization of language poetries, the Second Wave of =20
l=3Da=3Dn=3Dg=3Du=3Da=3Dg=3De poets, questions of ethnicity and =
poststructural =20
exclusivity, and related topics of poetic/political concern. Also =20
interested in papers on contemporary American poetics in other =20
areas. No well-conceived paper will be rejected.

This is for a special session of the Literature and Politics sessions =20=

for the ACA. More than willing to do multiple panels in this area if =20=

submissions support it.

The following guidelines are necessary if proposals are to be =20
considered:

1) Email one page paper proposals. Please send these as Word =20
attachments readable by PC and Mac. One page means a full page =20
proposal so that I can understand what your research entails.

1) Complete name and academic title (academic rank, grad. student, etc.)
2) Paper title (please keep these concise, they may have to be =20
trimmed for economy)
3) Academic affiliation and address, that is complete dept. and =20
institution, with city, state, and zip code.
5) Phone numbers: office and home numbers if possible (if I cannot =20
reach you, you may be dropped from the proposed session)
5) Email address for each participant; I need at least one working =20
email address for everyone. Please make sure your email address is =20
correct. If your email address changes, you are responsible for =20
notifying the Area Chair immediately.

If you must use ground mail, be sure you supply all the above =20
information; and please be sure to include phone numbers and email =20
addresses where you can be reached. If MAILING your proposal, please =20=

use the office address below.

Please do not fax submissions to Sewall Academic Program. Call =20
303-823-6453 if
you have a deadline problem. There is presently no fax available for =20=

submissions.

Please secure funding and be prepared to commit to the conference =20
dates before submitting a proposal. If you are a graduate student, =20
do not submit a proposal unless you have already secured funds and =20
can positively commit to the conference dates.

Submit email proposals only by email to: (Please do not simply reply =20
to this call; use the address below)

Dr. George Moore
ACA Area Chair, Literature & Politics
E-mail: mooreg_at_colorado.edu

If mailing proposal:
Sewall Academic Program
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone: (303) 823-6453 home

For more information on the PCA/ACA, please go to http://www.h-=20
net.org/~pcaaca.
and click on the link for 2006 PCA/ACA Conference Information Page

Or go to: http://www.popularculture.org

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