56th NeMLA ConventionPhiladelphia, PA |  March 6-9th, 2025

All abstracts must be submitted through NeMLA's CFP portal: View Session (cfplist.com)

This session is sponsored by the Kurt Vonnegut Society and seeks abstracts that engage the conference theme of "(R)EVOLUTION."

We are open to what shape presentations might take, but possibilities might include:

* Vonnegut's understanding of American Revolution (e.g. Breakfast of Champions, "Harrison Bergeron").
* What might be considered "revolutionary ideas" in Vonnegut, like Bokonism, Ice-Nine, Granfalloons, "freeing" characters in Breakfast, and unwavering bands of light, for instance.
* Vonnegut's evolution as a writer: thinking through changes in style or content in relation to changing social, political, and cultural moments.
* Vonnegut's evolution throughout his Prefaces: comparing the Vonnegut who writes in the Preface to SH5 to the Vonnegut who writes in the Preface of Hocus Pocus.
* The evolution of Kilgore Trout (or Rabo Karabekian, Eliot Rosewater, and Tralfamadore) through Vonnegut's oeuvre.
* Vonnegut's treatment of species' evolution in, for example, Galapagos.

Any other takes on Vonnegut and (R)evolution are encouraged and welcomed!