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The purpose of the Katherine Anne Porter Society is to assist and coordinate Katherine Anne Porter studies through the organization of the Society's general meetings and other special conferences; the publication of a newsletter; and the support of similar activities approved by the Society. Membership: Katherine Anne Porter Society annual dues are $10 a year. Checks made payable to KAP Society/UNLV Foundation should be mailed to Beth Alvarez, University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD 20742. The KAP Society has tax exempt status through the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Foundation, the fundraising arm of UNLV. Officers: The officers of the Katherine Anne Porter Society are Alexandra Subramanian, President; Beth Alvarez, Newsletter Editor; and Darlene Unrue, Past President. Members of the Executive Committee are Beth Alvarez (University of Maryland), Thomas Austenfeld (Universite de Fribourg), Jerry Findley (Case Western Reserve University), Christine Hait (Columbia College), Alexandra Subramanian (Independent Scholar), and Darlene Unrue (University of Nevada, Las Vegas).
Newsletters: The Newsletter of the Katherine Anne Porter Society, established in 1994, was published annually until 2006. Partial contents of the following issues are available online. Full issues are available from the editor. Volume 1--May 1994 KAP Studies: The Papers of Katherine Anne Porter are housed at the University of Maryland Libraries. The microfilm edition of the papers is now available, and a complete guide to the collection is online. In addition to Miss Porter's papers, a number of ancillary collections are also available. Also, the library houses the Katherine Anne Porter Room which contains a number of Miss Porter's belongings, photographs of Miss Porter and her friends and relatives, and her personal library. The Porter Room is open from 1:00-4:30 pm on Mondays and Thursdays during the academic year. Conferences: 2009 American Literature Association Conference in Boston The Katherine Anne Porter Session at the twentieth annual American Literature Association conference will be chaired by Darlene Unrue, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The topic for the session will be “The Transformation of Autobiography into Art.” Please send proposals of 250 words to Professor Unrue at Department of English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5011. Proposals may also be sent by e-mail to unrued@unlv.nevada.edu. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2008. The Society encourages submissions by newcomers and by established scholars of all ranks. Reading time for papers should be no more than twenty minutes. According to the rules established by the American Literature Association, those submitting abstracts for one session may not submit abstracts for other sessions in the same year. E-mail submissions are encouraged. With the abstract, please include home and office phone numbers, mailing address, and e-mail address. Also specify if you will require the use of any equipment. The conference will be held at the Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, May 21-24, 2009. Details of the conference and information about hotel reservations will appear on the Web site of the American Literature Association (www.americanliterature.org). |