Series
Shoptalk
Shoptalk authors report on the best and the worst exchanges overheard at academic conferences.
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Shoptalk: Overheard at ASA 2025 or MLA 2026?
This edition of Shoptalk asks: Can you guess which of the following was overheard at ASA 2025 and which was overheard at MLA 2026?
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Shoptalk: Overheard at SEA
The Society of Early Americanists convened in Tulsa, OK, last week to talk about American literature and culture. This year’s conference featured blooming trees, a bus trip to the …
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Shoptalk: Overheard at AWP
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference & Bookfair, affectionately known as the AWP, is a high-profile annual destination for more than 12,000 writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. This year’s conference, which took place last month in Washington DC, featured panels studded with literary celebrities like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Jennifer Egan. But…
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Shoptalk: Overheard At MLA
Literary scholars say the darndest things, and their comments at this year’s annual Modern Language Association convention in Philadelphia proved no exception to this rule. From chatter overheard in bathrooms and on barstools …
