PAMLA will meet during the fortieth anniversary of Don DeLillo’s celebrated novel, White Noise (1985). His ninth of eighteen, it begins the two periods that make up the work for which he is best known—the first including Libra (1988), Mao II (1991), and Underworld (1997), the second The Body Artist (2001), Cosmopolis(2003), Falling Man (2007), Point Omega (2010), Zero K (2016), and The Silence (2020). Interestingly, this developing body of work is punctuated by Noah Baumbach’s recent film adaptation of White Noise (2022). White Noise’s anniversary would seem an auspicious occasion to explore it anew, in its own right, in light of its adaptation, and the body of work in between—the nine novels above, the fourth and fifth also adapted for film, appearing in 2014 and 2012 respectively, the last two in production, twelve short stories and a short-story collection, and eight plays and a screenplay, the latter, Game 6, appearing in 2005.

All disciplines and approaches welcome.

The conference is entirely in-person; no virtual participation is envisioned.

Submission guidelines: Abstracts should be submitted directly to the PAMLA site, at https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19714, as soon as possible, in any case by July 15, 2025. They will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis. Questions, concerns, and inquiries generally may be forwarded to: trip@mccrossin.org.