ALA Panels!

Session 18-H  Poe and Reputation Saturday 5/29 12:30-1:50 (Pacific G)   Organized by the Poe Studies Association   Chair: John Gruesser, Kean University  
1. "Death by Criticism, Life by Poison: How Poe Built his Reputation on Keats," Sara Crosby, Ohio State University at Marion
2. "The Jingle-Man: Poe, Emerson, Howells, and Reputation," Stephen Rachman, Michigan State University                                                                                                                                        
3. "Poe and the Charleston Renaissance," Scott Peeples, College of Charleston                         
4. "Premature Burials: Poe’s Cryptic Shifts in Reputation," Robert Tally, Texas State University   Session 19-M  Business Meeting: Poe Studies Association Saturday 5/29 2:00-3:20 (Pacific C)                                                                  

Session 21-A  Teaching Poe in the Digital Age Saturday 5/29 5:00-6:20 (Pacific F)   Organized by the Poe Studies Association   Chair: John Guesser, Kean University  
1.“D’oh!: Using The Simpsons to Enhance Student Engagement and Understanding of Poe’s Technological Satires,”  Shana Kraynak, Indiana University of Pennsylvania                                   
2. “Teaching Poe's Anti-Technocratic Perspective,” Nathaniel Williams, University of Kansas         
3. “So You Think You Know Poe: Using Technology to Reexperience Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror,” Jamil Mustafa, Lewis University                                                                                           
4.“The ‘Effect’ of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ Using Vincent Price and The Simpsons in a Hybrid Course,” Gabriela Serrano, Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX.   

UPCOMING EVENT! Doppelganger Poe April 10th!

The Philadelphia Poe House has an upcoming performance entitled "Doppelganger Poe" on April 10th. If anyone plans on attending, please let us know how it goes!

PSA at ACLA in New Orleans!

Are you going? Check out the "Cosmopolitan Poe" panel!  http://www.acla.org/acla2010/

Learn more about the American Comparative Literature Association here.

Meeting Walt Whitman

An interesting moment that hasn't been talked about much, anyone with information or resources on the meeting between Poe and Walt Whitman is kindly encouraged to post!

PSA CFP for ALA 2010!

The Poe Studies Association at the American Literature Association Conference San Francisco, May 27-30, 2010 is sponsoring two panels.


Poe and Reputation

Papers might address Poe’s efforts to promote and defend himself, his brushes with fame during his lifetime (e.g. “The Gold Bug” and “The Raven”), the attempts to damage and restore his good name after his death, his reception and reputation at home and abroad, and his elevation to the status of major writer and pop culture icon in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. 250 word abstracts and brief bios (three to four sentences) in MS Word to John Gruesser at jgruesse@kean.edu by Jan. 15,, 2010.




TEACHING POE in The Digital Age

Many classes make use of some internet component, whether it’s a totally online class or a hybrid, one that’s taught through Blackboard or in a Smart classroom. This panel invites abstracts on using the Internet to teach Poe. How can use of the internet in small or big ways increase student engagement with Poe? What practical materials can be shared to show how teaching and learning ABOUT Poe can be strengthened through the use of technology?

Please send brief bios and 250 word abstracts for papers on these or any topic related to teaching Poe to Susan Amper at susanamper@yahoo.com or susan.amper@bcc.cuny.edu by Jan. 15, 2010.

2010: New American Literary Blog!

For those interested in all things in early American literature, check out the new American Literary Blog by PSA's Rob Velella! His fantastic work on his Poe calendar has become a real reference piece in the blogosphere, this blog is sure to deliver interesting and engaging posts!

Mark Your Calendars! Richard Kopley Talk January 16th!

Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
532 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia
Press Release

Secrets of the Purloined Letter

For Poe’s 201st birthday, delve into “The Purloined Letter”, which Poe himself
regarded as his best tale of “ratiocination” (detective story). Join the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site for a talk by renowned Poe scholar Richard Kopley.

Richard Kopley is Professor of English at Penn State, DuBois. He is the author of The Threads of The Scarlet Letter, editor of Poe’s Pym: Critical Explorations, and, most recently, Poe and the Dupin Mysteries. Kopley is the former president and an honorary member of the Poe Studies Association.

Saturday, January 16th, 2pm
German Society Library
7th and Spring Garden Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Free.

For more information call (215) 597-8780
www.nps.gov/edal

Flyer is attached here.