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Convention Sessions2015/12/29<2015/12/29

“Critical Intersectionalities of Race and Sexuality: Aesthetics, Limits, Dangers, Opportunities” at #MLA16

by Doug Steward

This session of the MLA Committee on the Literatures of People of Color in the United States and Canada, in cooperation with the GL/Q Caucus…

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Silenced Writer. India.
Blog2015/10/17<2016/10/11

Silenced Writer. India.

by Meena Alexander

Silenced Writer by Meena Alexander In solidarity with those in India who are resisting forces that would silence the singer’s note, the poet’s cry, the…

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4 to Live By
Mentoring2015/06/21<2015/06/22

4 to Live By

by Koritha Mitchell

by Crystal Parikh, Associate Professor of English, New York University Fifteen years into an academic career, I have landed upon four general truths that…

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Your First Year on the Tenure Track
Mentoring2015/05/05<2015/06/21

Your First Year on the Tenure Track

by Koritha Mitchell

by Cynthia Wu, Associate Professor of Transnational Studies, University of Buffalo If you are reading this, it probably means that you have a job…

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Mentoring2015/04/10<2015/04/10

A Bit of Mentoring from President Obama

by Cristine Soliz

This is a letter I received (at my gmail account) from the White House last March (2014) in response to a letter I had…

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“Checkpoints”—2016 Convention
Convention Sessions2015/03/27<2016/01/04

“Checkpoints”—2016 Convention

by Koritha Mitchell

“Checkpoints: Global Black Literature and the Phenomenology of Movement,” Christopher Ian Foster, The Graduate Center, CUNY “Indigeneity and Federalism’s Fissures in the United States,”…

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Reflections on Solidarity
#Ferguson2MLA2015/03/11<2015/03/11

Reflections on Solidarity

by Koritha Mitchell

by Pranav Jani, @pranavjani It’s two months after the #Ferguson2MLA action in Vancouver on January 9, and I had planned to write this up…

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A Rationale for Speaking Up
#Ferguson2MLA2015/01/14<2015/01/14

A Rationale for Speaking Up

by Koritha Mitchell

by Dr. Amber Riaz, Canadian Scholar When I decided to speak up at the #Ferguson2MLA gathering, I was motivated by Dr. Koritha Mitchell’s assertion…

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What #Ferguson2MLA Means to Me
#Ferguson2MLA2015/01/13<2015/03/31

What #Ferguson2MLA Means to Me

by Koritha Mitchell

by Koritha Mitchell, @ProfKori Motivated by the belief that #BlackLivesMatter, a diverse group of scholar-activists began organizing a solidarity action that would take place…

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Mentoring2015/01/05<2015/01/13

Mentoring at Midcareer

by Koritha Mitchell

by Joycelyn Moody, Sue E. Denman Distinguished Chair in American Literature Joycelyn.Moody@utsa.edu Everyone needs mentoring. No stage or rank in the academy lies beyond…

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