Papers concerned with nature or the natural as posited, articulated, assumed, critiqued, attacked, resuscitated, etc. in literary, critical, philosophical, political, or other discourses.

Abstracts for 20-minute presentations due 15 Sept. 2007, preferably by e-mail.

Besides the abstract, a proposal must include the following:

Name and Affiliation
Email address
Postal address
Telephone number
A/V requirements (or an indication that no A/V will be required)

The complete call for papers for the 2008 convention is posted on the NeMLA website. Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA panel; however, panelists can only present one paper. Convention participants may present at a paper session panel and also present at a creative session or participate in a roundtable.