I am seeking papers for a special sesssion (to be submitted and approved) at the MLA 2025, January 9-12 in New Orleans. Since the conference is located in New Orleans, I though I would take advantage of the setting and explore the presence of  Gullah and other regional folkores in  American literary works Toni Morrison has said that some of the songs in Song of Solomon are rooted in Gullah folklore. The theme of the MLA convention is "Invisibility." Certainly  these folkloric roots and threads in American literary works have remained invisible. I am interseted in papers that just discuss  an point out the presence of these folkloric echoes in the works of writers from Toni Morriosn, Zora Neal Hurston to  Sue Monk Kidd Please send a short abstract of 250-300 words to me, by March 15, 2024 to prepare a panel proposal for submission to the MLA for approval. (Again, my e mail is fjussawa@unm.edu. I can always be reached via Facebook Messenger)