{"id":65658,"date":"2026-04-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/?p=65658"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:57:11","slug":"shoptalk-overheard-at-asa-2025-or-mla-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/shoptalk-overheard-at-asa-2025-or-mla-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoptalk: Overheard at ASA 2025 or MLA 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scholars, activists, and those who dabble in a little of both found themselves in disparate climates for the annual gatherings of the American Studies Association and Modern Language Association this academic year\u2014the former in sunny San Juan, Puerto Rico, in November 2025 and the latter in drizzly Toronto in January 2026. Did the environs shape the banter, gossip, and shade thrown at each conference? Was ASA, next to a beach, radiant, and MLA, next to an aquarium, chilling? Or has the environmental turn invited us to resist overappraising our climatological surroundings\u2019 impact on discursive productions? 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