Dear all, I would like to announce the details regarding two Ezra Pound sessions the Ezra Pound Society has arranged for the 2009 MLA in Philadelphia. As well we invite proposals and suggestions for topics for the 2010 ALA conference. With all best wishes, Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos A. The following 2009 MLA sessions have been organized by the Ezra Pound Society: Session I: #581 (Tuesday, 29 December, 7:15-8:30 p.m., 304, Philadelphia Marriott) Ideograms, Luminous Details or the Limbs of Osiris: Teaching Pound´s Poetry and Prose Presiding Timothy Paul Redman, Univ. of Texas, Dallas 1. Ira B. Nadel, Univ. of British Columbia: "Teaching Ezra Pound´s Jefferson: Poetry, Prose and Letters" 2. John R. O. Gery, Univ. of New Orleans: "´Out of Key with His Time´: Pound as Writer in Exile" 3. Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, Univ. of New Brunswick: "´Observing the Elegance of Circe´s Hair´: Teaching Ezra Pounds Poetry of Allusion" Session II: # 687 (Wednesday, 30 December, 12:00 noon-1:15 p.m., Independence Salon III, Philadelphia Marriott) The Road to St Elizabeths: Pound's Correspondence with Mencken and MacLeish Presiding Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton 1. Christa Fratantoro, Stockton College: "´Pound and the Poet of the New Deal´: Pound and MacLeish in the 1930s" 2. Angelina Marie Carione, Cumberland County College: "Ezra Pound and H.L. Mencken: A Correspondence" 3. David Roessel, Stockton College: "Pound's Release from St. Elizabeths: Pound and MacLeish, 1956-1958" B. The Ezra Pound Society plans to participate in the American Literature Association´s 21st Annual Conference (to take place in San Francisco, May 27-30, 2010) with two sessions. Those interested in suggesting topics and/or in presenting papers, should write to Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos at [log in to unmask] Deadline for submission is December 15, 2009. For more details on the conference see: http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/ala2/american_literature_as sociation_2010.htm Dr. Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos University Research Professor, A/Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Professor, Dept. of English Book Reviews Editor, Paideuma Sir Howard Douglas Hall, Room 317, 3 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5A3 Tel: 506-453-4673; Fax: 506-453-4817; [log in to unmask]; www.unb.ca/gradschol