The Louisville Conference

We hope to make the LCLC a great experience for everyone! If you attended the 51st Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture, please consider leaving feedback here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

We are excited to announce that the new Call for Paper is available on our website): thelouisvilleconference.com/call-for-paper…

Surveys were sent out through our attendee list for LCLC50, if you would just like to give your ideas between scrolling through your feed, here is the link. We'd love your help in making LCLC the premier bespoke conference of our dreams! forms.office.com/r/zJpdgacMrK @UofLEnglish

@mervatim @vjoshuaadams Your visit was a pleasure and your talk fascinating!

A big thank you to everyone who came and shared ideas at our 50th Louisville Conference. It was one of our largest attendances in over a decade—including many more graduate students! The news about the Humanities' demise seems to be greatly overstated. @UofLEnglish @UofLCCHS

In this episode, Matthew Biberman talks with Aldon Lynn Nielsen, about the African American Literature and Culture Society. They discuss the Society of Umbra with a focus on its legacy and the women active in that organization. soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistor… @UofLEnglish

Matthew Biberman talks with Mark Alan Mattes (pictured here with an old printing press he is assembling) about American Afterlives, a sequence of three panels he organized for the 50th LCLC conference. soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistor… @UofLCAS @UofLEnglish @UofLCCHS

We now present to you Season 2 of our Oral History podcast about our conference! Matthew Biberman talks with noted Charles Olson scholar, Josh Hoeynck. This episode is for aficionados of contemporary American poetry. soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistor… @uoflcas @uoflenglish @uoflcchs

Hear Michael Anania discuss how he came to publish some priceless poetry from queer New Yorker Frank O’Hara. Find the rest of the interview on our podcast: business.facebook.com/thelouisvillec… @UofLEnglish @UofLCCHS #lclcoralhistory

If you ever wondered what Kentucky's state song is about, come Wed. Oct 26 6pm for a conversation with Dr. Brandon McCormack and you, the audience. Thank you @uofl College of Arts & Sciences along with @ABIatUofL and @uoflhistorydept for bringing me to campus! #myoldkentuckyhome

We've received so many submissions and our hearts are full, but CFP extensions are such the norm that we are happy to give those of you still brainstorming until 10/10 to get your abstracts to us! We look forward to seeing you for the 50th! thelouisvilleconference.com/call-for-papers @uoflenglish

In this episode, Matthew Biberman talks with the celebrated feminist poet Brenda Hillmann, who read at the LCLC 2022 as the creative keynote for its 49th conference. Brenda Hillman teaches at Saint Mary College of California. soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistor… @UofLEnglish @UofLCCHS

The Axton Reading series is back on Sept. 15! This fall, we welcome author Menachem Kaiser (@menachemkaiser) to campus as our first reader! This event is free and open to the public. #AxtonReading #uoflcreativewriting

We are delighted to issue our 2nd Call for LCLC50 with Keynotes by poet-critic Stephanie Burt and novelist Jennifer Egan added to our already vibrant lineup of speakers! We look forward to receiving your abstracts! @UofLEnglish @UofLCCHS

Congratulations to our community partner on the @belt publishing contract!

Congratulations to LCLC friend Jenny Egan on The Candy House’s appearance on Obama’s summer reading list! @UofLEnglish @UofLCCHS

Episode 13 w/ Ryan Engley. Assistant Professor of English at Pamona College, Engley researches the intersection of psychoanalytic theory and media studies. Engley co-hosts the popular podcast Why Theory, along with Todd McGowan. soundcloud.com/lclcoralhistor… @UofLEnglish

More precious gems from LCLC 2022! Here is our Virtual Keynote, Tom Sleigh, reading from his newly published work, The King's Touch. youtu.be/y8MEkWfWNrs Also, get your copy of Sleigh's work and read along! graywolfpress.org/books/kings-to… @UofLEnglish @UofLCAS @UofLCCHS