Western American Lit

The Western Literature Association (WLA) promotes study of the diverse literature & cultures of the North American West. Free virtual events all 2022 ⬇️

[USD English @USDEnglish]

CONGRATS Dr. Paul Formisano @PaulFormisano1! He recently gave the lecture “Tributary Voices: Alternative Water Ethics in the Colorado River Basin” at Adams State & delivered a co-authored paper with Dr. Holly Richard on Indigenous anti-dam literature @WesternAmerica1 conference🎉

[Lisa Tatonetti @lisatatonetti]

The incomparable Diné poet Luci Tapahonso, the #WesternLit2022 Distinguished Achievement honoree, held us all spellbound at her reading last night. 😍#IndigenousLit

[Michael Johnson @Latenttalons]

Routledge’s Gender and the American West panel #westernlit2022

[Lisa Tatonetti @lisatatonetti]

Institute of American Indian arts plenary with poets James Thomas Stevens & his fabulous students, Brianna Reed and Emerald Going Snake. #WesternLit2022

[English Department @englishkstate]

"It was a joy to see my amazing K-State community come together with the larger network of WLA scholars and creatives": Lisa Tatonetti @lisatatonetti & others on @WesternAmerica1 #westernlit2022 conference @KStateResearch https://t.co/othWmh0zI3

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Guest speakers at #westernlit2022 Poet James Thomas Stevens and two of his students from the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Brianna Reed and Emerald GoingSnake, will talk about Native words and their polysynthetic translations.

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For live tweeting the Western Literature Association conference in Santa Fe, use the hashtag #westernlit2022

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[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Reminder: WLA virtual roundtable for the recently released Western American Literature special issue featuring emerging Western Studies authors hosted by co-editors Surabhi Balachander and Jillian Moore on 9/14/22 at 6:00 PM EST. Register at: https://t.co/Lx80ULsf0k

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Reminder: virtual roundtable (9/14/22 at 6:00 PM EST) on Western American Literature special issue featuring emerging Western Studies authors. Register at: https://t.co/Lx80ULsf0k

[To the West @westdocumentary]

Here's a must-listen: The American Songster @domflemons in conversation with multi-hyphenate @SteveMartinToGo! https://t.co/ROivfGG0OO 🪕

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Register for virtual roundtable (9/14/22 at 6:00 PM EST) on Western American Literature special issue featuring emerging Western Studies authors at: https://t.co/Lx80ULsf0k

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More panelists at the WLA virtual event:

Stefan Rabitsch and Tracey Salisbury - “Don’t Leave out the Cowboys!”: Black Urban Cowboydom and Didactic Afrofuturist Countermemories in Ghetto Cowboy (2011) and Concrete Cowboy (2021)

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More panelists at the WLA virtual event:

Sarah Jane Kerwin - "Reimagining the West in/and the First-Year Writing Course"

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Panelists at the WLA virtual event include:
Leanne P, Day - "'Asian American and Pacific Islander' Studies in Boston and Hilo: Student Activism, Radical Imaginings, and Critical Ethnic Studies"
Mika Kennedy - "Peregrination 2036"

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Co-editors Surabhi Balachander and Jillian Moore will host a virtual roundtable with authors for the recently released Western American Literature special issue featuring emerging Western Studies authors on 9/14/22 at 6:00 PM EST. Register at: https://t.co/Lx80ULaDBK

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

We’ve reopened submissions for a few extra days, through Saturday 6/25!

If you were still on the fence, consider this a sign! We’d love to see your work and consider it for the Oct 2022 conference in Santa Fe

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Our submission portal is now open for the 2022 WLA conference!

Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Oct. 19-Oct. 22, for "Palimpsests and Western Literatures: The Layered Spaces of History, Imagination, & the Future"

Apply by Jun 15 at: https://t.co/sAj6sptE7k

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

WLA ‘22 conference submissions open through tomorrow, June 15!

Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Oct. 19-Oct. 22, for "Palimpsests and Western Literatures: The Layered Spaces of History, Imagination, & the Future"

For more & to apply: https://t.co/d2yqaUTdQO

[Western American Lit @WesternAmerica1]

Our submission portal is now open for the 2022 WLA conference!

Join us in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Oct. 19-Oct. 22, for "Palimpsests and Western Literatures: The Layered Spaces of History, Imagination, & the Future"

Apply by Jun 15 at: https://t.co/sAj6sptE7k