American Literature Association Annual meeting in Chicago. There will be a first meeting of the Bonnie Jo Campbell Society, a literary organization.

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American Literature Association

A Coalition of Societies Devoted to

the Study of American Authors

35th Annual Conference on American Literature

May 22-25, 2024

The Palmer House

17 E. Monroe Street

Chicago, IL 60603

(312) 726-7500

Thursday at 8:30 – 9:50

Session 1-M Contemporary American Tensions in the Work of Bonnie Jo Campbell (Salon 6)

Organized by the Bonnie Jo Campbell Society

Chair: Ross K. Tangedal, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

1. “Mack and His Militia Pals: Bonnie Jo Campbell’s American Barbarians,” Edward Watts, Michigan

State University

2. “Lessons in Grit: The Work of Bonnie Jo Campbell,” Sara Kosiba, Northeast Ohio Medical University

3. “Formations of Masculinity in the Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell,” Charles Cunningham, Eastern Michigan University

Session 2-M Similarities, Traditions and Intersections in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s

The Waters: A Roundtable Discussion (Salon 6) Organized by the Bonnie Jo Campbell Society

Chair: Ellen Lansky, Inver Hills Community College

1. “Unconventional Women in American Literature: Naturalistic connections between young women

and place in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s The Waters and Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron,” Julie StotzGhosh, Kalamazoo Valley Community College

2. “The Snake in the Swamp: Americana and the Loss of Innocence in the Works of Bonnie Jo Campbell,” Lisa DuRose, Inver Hills Community College

3. “Grounded Magic: Fairy Tales in the Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell,” Caitlin Horrocks, Grand Valley State University

Thursday, May 23, 2024, 5:30-6:15 pm

Session 7-A Business Meeting: Bonnie Jo Campbell Society (Kimball)