American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 07/10/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 07/10/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Kate Chopin International Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 05/10/2026New Call for Contributors now posted! _Studies in English Literature 1500–1900_, Themed Issue (66.4, Fall 2028) “Decolonizing Historical English Literary Studies”). See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/calls-...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Contributors – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 05/10/2026--Job Opportunity-- Faculty Department Head/Director of the Department of Social and Critical Inquiry at the University of Connecticut. Applications close October 23, 2026. See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/employment/j...americanliteratureassociation.orgPositions and Jobs – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Society for the Study of the American Gothic now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 020
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Claude McKay Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Ernest Hemingway Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 011
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Draft program for ALA symposium "The American Novel" (November 5-7; Santa Fe, NM) now posted! See program at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-symposia...americanliteratureassociation.orgProgram – “The American Novel” Symposium – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Society for the Study of American Jewish Literature now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Philip Roth Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 27/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from The Circle for the Study of American Speculative Fiction now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 24/09/2026--JOB OPPORTUNITY-- Director for the Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University. Applications due November 9, 2026. See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/employment/j...americanliteratureassociation.orgPositions and Jobs – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New ALA 2027 CFP from the Elizabeth Bishop Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Online hotel booking for ALA Symposium "Music and the American Literary Imagination" (January 28 – January 30, 2027; Nashville, TN) now available at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-symposia...americanliteratureassociation.orgHotel Booking – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Saul Bellow Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 020
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Joyce Carol Oates Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 111
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Cormac McCarthy Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 17/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Carson McCullers Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 10/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Sinclair Lewis Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 10/09/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Eudora Welty Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 06/09/2026New Call for Papers now posted! The Subversive Work of Gayl Jones Beyond Borders: Rediscovering a "Liberating Voice" of the Black Atlantic World (March 24-25, 2027; University of Nantes). See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/confer...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 03/09/2026New Call for Contributors now posted! _The Handbook of Boredom in Modern Literature_ (deadline: October 31, 2026). See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/calls-...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Contributors – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 29/08/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Elizabeth Bishop Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 29/08/2026ALA 2027 CFPs from the Thoreau Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 29/08/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Henry Adams Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 26/08/2026New CFP now posted! 9th Biennial John Updike Society Conference Symposium" (April 13-15, 2027; Salem, MA) americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/confer...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 21/08/2026ALA 2027 CFP from The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 011
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 18/08/2026New CFP now posted! African American Literature and Culture Society panels at ALA Symposium “Music and the American Literary Imagination” (January 28-January 30, 2027; Nashville, TN). See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/confer...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Papers – The American Literature Association 040
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 18/08/2026ALA 2027 CFPs from The James Baldwin Review now posted! See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Online hotel booking for ALA Symposium "The American Novel" (Nov. 5-7, 2026; Santa Fe, NM) now available at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-symposia...americanliteratureassociation.orgHotel – “The American Novel” Symposium – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 14/08/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Evelyn Scott Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 12/08/2026ALA 2027 CFP from The Marilynne Robinson Society now posted! See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Online registration for "The American Novel: Forms, Genres, and Traditions" (November 5-7, 2026; Santa Fe, NM) now available at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-symposia...americanliteratureassociation.orgRegistration – “The American Novel” Symposium – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 04/08/2026ALA 2027 CFP from the Poe Studies Association now posted! See CFPs at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgSocieties’ Call for Papers – The American Literature Association 021
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 28/07/2026New CFP now posted! 38th Annual Conference of the American Literature Association (May 26-29, 2027; Boston, MA). See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/confer...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Papers – The American Literature Association 001
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 28/07/2026New CFP now posted! 20th Century Southern Women Writers Conference, presented by the Elizabeth Madox Roberts Society, October 15-18, 2026, Springfield Kentucky. See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/confer...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Papers – The American Literature Association 010
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 18/06/2026--JOB OPPORTUNITY--Associate Professor or Professor, Virginia and Tom Williams Endowed Chair of American Literature, Department of English, Baylor University. See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/employment/j...americanliteratureassociation.orgPositions and Jobs – The American Literature Association 010
Reposted by American Literature Association scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 22/05/20262 more author at @the-ala.bsky.social.... @uchicagopress.bsky.social author Jonathan Elmer with In Poe's Wake & award-winning @uvapress.bsky.social author Richard Kopley with Edgar Allan Poe: A Life. Mr. Kopley's book is the recipient of the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. #ala2026 021
Reposted by American Literature Association scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026And here is @uncpress.bsky.social author Allison S. Curseen, pictured below with her book Minor Moves: Black Girls and Unruly Performance in Antebellum Narratives. @the-ala.bsky.social #ala2026 123
Reposted by American Literature Association scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026And today at @the-ala.bsky.social we've met @yalepress.bsky.social co-editor Gary Holcomb with Letters in Exile: Transnational Journeys of a Harlem Renaissance Writer. #ala2026 011
Reposted by American Literature Association scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 21/05/2026At the @the-ala.bsky.social exhibit today, we met @uncpress.bsky.social author Andrew Donnelly, pictured below with his book Confederate Sympathies: Same-Sex Romance, Disunion, and Reunion in the Civil War Era. #ala2026 073
Reposted by American Literature Association HiddenHistories1920sNYC @newyork1920s.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Fri 5/22, 7:30. Jonathan Ezra Goldman discusses #HiddenHistoriesofJazzAgeNewYork with Dr.Karen Leick. Everyone at ALA @the-ala.bsky.social take note! @madstreetbooks.bsky.social @moderniststudies.bsky.social @sunypress.bsky.social @nyitlibraries.bsky.social @the-space-between.bsky.socialmadstreetbooks.comJonathan Goldman in conversation with Karen Leick | Madison Street Books 152
Reposted by American Literature Association The Melville Society @melville-society.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Mark your programs for @the-ala.bsky.social! "Melville and Justice": tomorrow (5/21) from 1-2:20 in Salon 1 "Entirely Idle: Melvillean Leisure, Laziness, and Labor": Friday (5/22) from 4-5:20 in Kimball 042
Reposted by American Literature Association AALCS @aalcs.bsky.social · 19/05/2026This year, we are excited to have five organized panels at the 2026 ALA Conference in Chicago. Looking forward to engaging with you all! 083
Reposted by American Literature Association scholarschoice.bsky.social @scholarschoice.bsky.social · 19/05/2026We'll be setting up our @the-ala.bsky.social exhibit tomorrow in Salon 3 of the Palmer House and hope to see you Thursday morning when we open. We've got books from @uchicagopress.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @templeunivpress.bsky.social & more! #ala2026 021
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 11/04/2026New Call for Papers now posted! 29th Southern Writers/Southern Writing Graduate Student Conference (August 7th-8th, 2026; University of Mississippi). See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/calls/confer...americanliteratureassociation.orgCalls for Papers – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 09/04/2026New CFP now posted! ALA Symposium "The American Novel" (Nov. 5-7, 2026; Santa Fe, NM). See CFP details at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-symposia...americanliteratureassociation.orgALA Symposium “The American Novel” – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 06/04/2026--Fellowship Opportunity--Horatio Alger Fellowship for the Study of American Popular Culture (Northern Illinois University Libraries). See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/employment/f...americanliteratureassociation.orgFellowships, Institutes, and Other – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 19/03/2026--Job Opportunity--Professor of English (Tenure Track): American Literature at Blackburn College (Carlinville, IL). See details at americanliteratureassociation.org/employment/j...americanliteratureassociation.orgPositions and Jobs – The American Literature Association 000
American Literature Association @the-ala.bsky.social · 11/03/2026ALA 2026 draft program now posted! See program at americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferen...americanliteratureassociation.orgProgram – The American Literature Association 010
