Recent Negotiations

There have been a number of Negotiations meetings for graduate students to read papers since the last update. On April 18 Corinne Martin and Rachel Collins read papers. Corinne's was titled "'Gifted with All Lore': Lydia Maria Child and the Construction of American Legend," and Rachel's was "'Where all the ground is friendly': Reading Space in Willa Cather's My Antonia."

On September 29 Rachel Collins read "Representing Capital as Landscape: The Naturalization of Corporate Practice in The Octopus" and C.J. Dosch read "A Greenleaf Revolution: Flannery O'Connor's 'Greenleaf' and the New Agricultural South." The flyer appears below.


On October 24 Laurel Ahnert, Mike Dwyer, and Chuck Robinson read papers. Laurel read "Third Cinema Clash: The Politics of Hybridity in Wend Kunni," Mike read "More than a Feeling: Nostalgia and The Historicity of Affect," and Chuck read "Global Designs and Global Desires from Mark Twain to Matt Harding." In November Steven Doles and Ryan McClure read papers. Flyer and titles forthcoming.