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MLA News Digest18 November 2015

The MLA Is on FacebookVisit the MLA's new Facebook page to keep up with MLA events andpublications, get resources for teaching, find out what we're reading,and much more. Like us, share a post, or subscribe to our events!

Three Weeks to Vote!2015 Members: Don't forget to vote in theelections for Executive Council, the DelegateAssembly, and the convention forum executivecommittees. Submit your ballot by 10December (log-in required).

Winter Newsletter PublishedRead the Winter Newsletter for information aboutthe Austin convention, a president’s column on thepublic work of interpretation, and an editor’s columnon the challenges facing the Commission onLanguage Learning.

Help Lead an MLA ForumInterested in getting more involved in MLAactivities? Want to shape future MLAconventions? The forum executive committees

Publications Spotlight

Teaching TolkienGet fresh ideas for teachingTolkien, including ways to

introduce students to criticaldebates around his work.

Speak Out for theHumanities

Connect with fellow advocatesat Humanities Advocacy Day

on 14–15 March 2016 inWashington.

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are looking for candidates. Suggest yourself ora colleague by 21 December.

New Site for K–16 Collaboration

The Working Group on K–16 Alliances has launched a new Commonssite for discussion of literacy, pedagogy, and assessment issues fromelementary school to institutions of higher education.

Fall 2016 Deadline for PMLA Special TopicInterested members still have nearly a year to prepare submissionsfor Cultures of Reading, a special topic in a future issue of PMLA.The deadline is 7 November 2016.

Delegate Assembly AgendaKeep your eye out for information about the agenda for the 9 Januarymeeting of the Delegate Assembly. Updates on the agenda will beadded to the MLA Web site as they become available.

Contribute to a Volume on Teaching Plum in the Golden VaseApproaches to Teaching Plum in the Golden Vase, edited by AndrewSchonebaum, is now in development in the MLA Approaches toTeaching World Literature series.

Share Your WorkMembers have been makingtheir work publicly available

through CORE, the MLArepository. Join them!

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