American Literature Association
21st Annual Conference

Dates: May 27-30, 2010

Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco
In Embarcadero Center
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel. 415-788-1234
Fax 415-398-2567


Conference Director: Alfred Bendixen
Texas A & M University

Conference Fee: For those who pre-register before April 15, 2010: $85
($50 for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, and Retired Faculty).
After April 15, the fees are $100 and $60.

ALA Conference Housing Information: The Hyatt Regency San Francisco will offer a conference rate of $155 for a single or double room (triples are $180). Please make your hotel reservation electronically by using the Hyatt's ALA Conference page at https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ALIT or by calling 1-888-421-1442 and an agent will assist you. It is crucial that you make your reservations as soon as possible.


For More Information Contact:
www.americanliterature.org

Program and Events of the Toni Morrison Society

Friday, May 28, 2010

3:30 - 4:50 pm

Session 12-G Hospitality in Morrison's Fiction
Organized by the Toni Morrison Society
Chair: Alma Jean Billingslea, Spelman College

Panelists:

  1. "Sanctuary or Rejection? Hospitality and the Disallowing in Toni Morrison's Paradise,"Kristine Yohe, Northern Kentucky University
  2. "Hospitality as Mastery in Toni Morrison's A Mercy" Kathryn S. Koo, St. Mary's College of California
  3. "Feminism-Friend of Foe: Reviewing Feminism through the Lens of Hospitality in Toni Morrison's Love," Rosette Garcia, California State University, San Marcos

Friday, May 28, 2010

6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Poetry Reading and Reception

Poetry Reading by C.S. Giscombe, who will also be receiving the 2010 Stephen Henderson Award from the African American Literature and Culture Society. A reception hosted by the African American Literature and Culture Society, the Toni Morrison Society, the Charles Chesnutt Association, the John Edgar Wideman Society, and the Charles Johnson Society will follow the presentation.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

8:00 - 9:20 am

Session 15-A Aurality: Music and Sound in Morrison's Fiction
Organized by the Toni Morrison Society
Chair: Yvonne Atkinson, Mount San Jacinto College

Panelists:

  1. "Sounds of Silence, Songs of Silence," Azusa Nishimoto, Aoyama Gakum University, Japan
  2. "Hitting the Wrong Note," Juda Charles Bennett, The College of New Jersey
  3. "Musical Intertextuality in Toni Morrison's Jazz," Judah-Micah Lamar, Old Dominion University

Saturday, May 29, 2010

11:00 am - 12:20 pm

Session 17-N Business Meeting: Morrison Society

Saturday, May 29, 2010

12:30 - 1:50 pm

Session 18-G Teaching Roundtable I: A Mercy and Other Morrison Novels
Organized by the Toni Morrison Society
Chair: Yvonne Atkinson, Mount San Jacinto College

  1. "Bodies of Trauma in A Mercy and Love," Evelyn Schreiber, George Washington University
  2. "'The beginning begins with the shoes': Teaching Approaches to A Mercy and Paradise," Alma Jean Billingslea, Spelman College
  3. "The Women of Toni Morrison's Paradise and A Mercy: Deconstructing the Golden Rule," Lydia Magras, Purdue University

Saturday, May 29, 2010

5:00 - 6:20 pm

Session 21-E Teaching Roundtable II: Critical Approaches to Toni Morrison's A Mercy
Organized by the Toni Morrison Society
Chair: Carolyn Denard

  1. "Teaching A Mercy in Context: Hawthorne, Miller and 9/11," Justine Tally, University of La Laguna, Spain
  2. "Merciful Perspectives: Teaching Focalization in Morrison's A Mercy," James Braxton Peterson, Bucknell University
  3. "Teaching A Mercy through a Lacanian Lens," Shirley A. (Holly) Stave, Louisiana Scholars College at Northwestern State University