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Kurt Vonnegut Society Call for Papers/American Literature Association Annual Meeting
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The Kurt Vonnegut Society invites proposals for papers to be given at two panels at the American Literature Association Annual Meeting in Boston, May 23-26 2013. The first panel will feature papers on any aspect of Vonnegut's life and writings. The second panel will focus on his landmark novel BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, forty years after its publication. Accompanied by childlike doodles, BREAKFAST is a journey through a culture in crisis after the collapse of 1960s utopianism. With his trademark gallows satire Vonnegut presents an upside-down view of American history, and comments on the alienation of the 1970s amid the emptiness of sprawl and advertising slogans, the poisons of racism, sexism and economic inequality. How does BREAKFAST read today? Please submit a 250-word abstract by JANUARY 15 to Greg Sumner, sumnergd@netzero.com
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Greg Sumner
University of Detroit Mercy
Department of History
Briggs Bldg
4001 W. McNichols Road
Detroit, MI 48219
ph (248)225-9947
Email: sumnergd@netzero.com
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