Association of Literary
Scholars and Critics
The Second National Conference
Boston, the Swissotei, 25-27 August 1996
Sessions on:
• The Poetry/Prose Distinction
• Contemporary Drama
• Ovid of the Metamorphoses
• Emily Dickinson
Participants include:
Paul Barolsky, Anne Carson, Jorie Graham, Anthony Hecht, Wendy
Lesser, Sara Mack, Heather McHugh, Steven Monte, Grace Paley,
William H. Pritchard, Davd J. Rothman, Debra San, Robert Scanlan,
Roger Shattuck, Frederick Wiseman, Shira Wolosky,
and others
The ALSC was formed in 1994 to serve as a forum for anyone with a serious
scholarly or critical interest in literature. It welcomes both classicists and
modernists, independent and academic literary critics, as well as creative writers and
editors. The proceedings of the first national conference (Minneapolis, September
1995) have been published in the April 1996 issue of
Philosophy and Literature.
For further information about the ALSC, to become a member, or to register for
the conference, contact John M. Ellis, Secretary{freasurer, Association of Literary
Scholars
and
Critics, Crown College, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
95064. Phone/Fax: 408-423-4315. E-mail:
. Annual
dues are $25, students $15. Conference registration fee of $55 covers all meetings
and events, as well as breakfast on both days
and
Monday lunch and dinner. For
room reservations (conference rate $95), call the Swiss6tel: 800-621-9200. The
ALSC has also reserved a limited number at Harvard University at $35 a night.
Contact the ALSC for further information.
