With regret I have to say that I won't be in Philadelphia. I am sure Demetres will find someone to chair in my absence. Cordially, Tim Redman On 11/30/09 9:38 AM, "Betsy Rose" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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