CMTS Announces the 2023 Class of Quarry Farm Fellows
All 2023 Quarry Farm Fellows will reside for an extended period at historic Quarry Farm
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Working Conditions with Christopher Newfield & Anna Kornbluh (50th Episode #MLA2023 Special)
On the eve of the largest annual gathering of literary studies scholars, a discussion of the presidential theme of this year’s convention with the MLA President who chose that theme.
CMTS 2023-2025 Strategic Plan (and 2022 Review)
Check out what we did in 2022 and what our goals are in the upcoming years
“The Benediction of A Kiss This Christmas Morning”
But for this promise, made by a famously itinerant and oft-inebriated author in the wee hours of Christmas morning 154 years ago, the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies would not exist.
The Twitter Elegies (& Mastodon Scolds) with Rebecca Colesworthy & Jeff Jarvis
In the finale episode of “Social Problems,” a (slightly more) optimistic look at the present and future of social media.
CFP: 2023 First Book Institute
Deadline for applications is February 13, 2023
CFP: Mark Twain Circle Panel at 2023 ALA in Boston, MA (May 25-28, 2023)
CFP Deadline is January 10,2023
CFP: Mark Twain: Invention, Technology, and Science Fiction (The 10th Annual Quarry Farm Symposium)
CFP Deadline is February 10, 2023
Reckless Monetization, Surveillance Kleptocracy, & Olivia Snow’s Villain Origin Story
As the Elon Musk era at Twitter descends ever further into chaos, we discuss the canaries in the coal mine of surveillance, shadowbanning, algorithmic censorship, and deplatforming: sex workers.
Hartford House Hosts Lecture About Susy Clemens
Virtual lecture takes place tomorrow (December 7) at 7:00pm.