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Re-Markings, a literary journal (ISSN 0972-611X: Website: www.re-markings.com)edited by Nibir K. Ghosh plans to publish a special section on Langston Hughes in 2013 (Vol. 12, No. 2, September, 2013) to be guest edited by Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University. We invite thesubmission of personal and scholarly short essays (no more than 3000 words),poems, and short stories written either about Hughes's poetry or fiction or in response to the affect and appeal of his writings. We would especially welcome submissions that deal with the global and transnational aspects of Hughes' career and works.



Please send submissions in attached Word document in MLA style to both Amritjit Singh (e-m: singha@ohio.edu) and Nibir K. Ghosh (e-m: ghoshnk@hotmail.com) by 30 September, 2012. Also, please send a tentative title of the proposed submission along with a 300-word abstract if applicable and a 1-page CV by 15 May, 2012.

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The Center for the Study of the New South, in collaboration with the Levine Museum of the New South, issues a call for papers related to lynching in America and the South in particular, with abstracts due by June 1, 2012. The exhibit of lynching photographs, Without Sanctuary, will be at the Levine Museum of the New South in October 2012. Papers and panels specifically related to the exhibit or to other aspects of lynching in American culture are requested. The conference will take place October 11 -13, 2012.

The organizers welcome presentations from a broad range of disciplines and fields: History, English, Sociology, Legal Studies, Africana Studies, American Studies, Women’s Studies, Labor Studies, Southern Studies, Cultural Studies, Photography, Museum Studies and related perspectives. Organizers anticipate publishing an edited volume of selected essays. Some of the issues they are interested in exploring involve the role of lynching in American culture, literary explorations of lynching, the legal and political dimensions of lynching, and the impact of lynching on communities in the South.

The conference will be held at UNC Charlotte Center City at 320 E. 9th St. and the Levine Museum of the New South at 200 East 7th St. Abstracts of 250 words are due by June 1, 2012 to Jeffrey Leak, Director of the Center for the Study of the New South. For more information, check the website at: www.newsouth.uncc.edu.

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Toni Morrison’s Beloved and A Mercy:  New Critical Essays
    I am editing a collection of new critical essays that map the textual boundaries between Beloved, Toni Morrison’s fifth novel, and A Mercy, her latest and arguably most ambitious novel to date.  Both Ohio State University Press and the University Press of Florida express an interest in reviewing the finished manuscript for possible publication.

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 Call for Chapters for an Edited Book 

Beyond Borders with James Baldwin: A Practical Guide for Everyone 

James Baldwin received international acclaim as a writer, novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, social critic, and civil rights activist. In the twenty-fifth year of James Baldwin's passing, a book is proposed entitled Beyond Borders with James Baldwin: A Practical Guide for Everyone. 

Information on the Call for Chapters can be found on the Kennesaw State University African and African Diaspora Studies Program webpage under the “Announcements” section (http://aads.hss.kennesaw.edu). 

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