From the Mississippi of Melville's confidence men and Mark Twain's Huck and Jim to the Riverworld of Philip Jose Farmer, rivers and travel on rivers have played an important role in American literature. The "Passages on the Rivers of American Literature" panel at the 2008 College English Association seeks papers dealing with any aspects of riparian life and travel in American literature, whether fiction, poetry, or other genres. Papers dealing with race and gender, ecocritical approaches, fantasy and science fiction, or noncanonical texts from any period are particularly welcome. The conference will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, March 27-29, 2007.

Please send 500-word abstracts no later than November 1 to

Jason L. Corner
jasonlcorner@gmail.com