Celebrating African American Literature – US and Afro-Caribbean Poetry

Penn State University, October 25-26, 2013

Abstract deadline: March 1, 2013

Circulated CFP:

The organizers for the next Celebrating African American Literature Conference invite paper, panel, and roundtable proposals on various theoretical, critical, or pedagogical approaches to African American and Afro-Caribbean poetry.  We welcome proposals on specific authors and/or historical periods–from the earliest poetic writings through contemporary spoken word. Papers may engage formal, thematic, contextual, and other concerns and representational strategies.

Confirmed featured speakers include: Nikky Finney, Kwame Dawes, Toi Derricotte, Keith Leonard, Evie Shockley, Ishion Hutchinson and Howard Rambsy III (see conference website for speaker bios: http://arc.psu.edu/caal2013/featured-speakers).

Individual abstracts of 300 words and panel and/or roundtable proposals of 500 words should be submitted to africanacenter@la.psu.edu by March 1, 2013

Email notifications of acceptance will be made in April 2013.

Persons whose abstracts are accepted must register for the conference by August 15, 2013.

Questions regarding proposals should be sent to: 
Shirley Moody-Turner, e-mail: scm18@psu.edu or

Lovalerie King, e-mail: africanacenter@la.psu.edu

For more information and to register, visit the conference website at http://arc.psu.edu/caal2013