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Welcome to the 8th Annual

EGOLASGO Conference

Friday October

Q amp A Orr Steve 214 1100 am-1200 pm

Morgan 109 700-900

Steve Tomasula Reading from VAS An Flatland A Novel

Steve Tomasula is the author of the novels The ofPortraiture NG

of the biotech revolushy

Body Animations lullaby for Fallujah)

and

OCIOIOCIV at the

theory critical studies of on conshy

sci-

Saturday October 22nd

800-845 am

845 am

900-1020 am

1039-1159 am bull

1299-109 pm

1 pm

2 3 pm

400-500 pm

ence and Dsvchiatrv and cultural led bv Steve and JacRie Orr

Hall 530 pm

the Bes[ Graduate Student n~~~__

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Race Room 027

and

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2

3

II

II - am

1 The of R2nr2S of Herman and

Chair Room 027

I do venders how that ill vork Race and Class Distinctions Dialect in Lippards The Ouaker City or The Monks

Sarah Illinois

of Black in

Queequeg and as Ends of the Spectrum of Antebellum Black

I(evin Western Illinois

~~ Slave Law of 185a and Class Protest Sourcing bPnrpp Ambivalences

Western Illinois

Panel 2 The of Comics Chair Morrow Room 014

in the a~nnl in Joe Saccos Gorazde

Steve Western Illinois

New Sense of Sense and through the Novel

Schroeder Western Illinois

Madness Genre Confusion and the Fantastic in Swallow Me Whole

Western Illinois University

4

ltCIts Comics

Panel 3 The Intersection of Science and Chair John Simmons Room 327

The Intersection of Science and John Simmons Western Illinois

The Brain Sue Western Illinois

The Crossroads of Science and I~II~IUI Within The Body Shannon Western Illinois

Roundtable discussion with Althea Alton Western Illinois Shannon Reed Western Illinois Shawn Western Illinois

Panel 4 Human Animals and Chair Andrea Room 214

ltThe of Nature The InrIlInT of in Theodore Dreiser s The Titan

Jose Northern Illinois

The Rhetoric of New Media Animal and Environmental Acshytivism Events~

Violence and Malas Territorial Art of Surshyin Shani Mootoos Cereus BLooms at Nightgt

Western Illinois University

5

3 -Panel 1

and Chair Jannell McConnell Room 027

(f Secrets of Dark WiSecret

ll Be the Truths of Eavan Bolands Domestic

Jannell State

landscape Irish and the

Western Illinois

The Politics of the Booker How Two Award Winners Have Changed Face of and World

Western Illinois

Panel 3 the Room 327

The Commod

Anna Western Illinois

of Bodies International Trade in PadmanabhanJs Harvest )

Woman as The Zombie Female Body Melissa Wangall Western Illinois

Bodies of the State the South African Mirror and Global

Andrea

Panel 4 J and Moderator Wilson-Jordan Room 214

Panel 2 s The Watchmen

Chair 014

~

The line RA+MAAn

The

A

Mind Western Illinois

6 7

Session lI 230 350 pm 1 the in American s

Chair Room 027

Three Antebellum of Womanhood in Harriet

Jean Western Illinois

of in the Novel

Michelle Western Illinois

An of the Slums in Antebellum New York A Female

Western Illinois

2 Out of the Wild and Down on the Farm in Thoreaus and Cathers

Chair Dan Malachu~ Room 014

nelJul

Grant Wood Catherine Western Illinois

laquo(More Natural Nature Thoreaus and Scientific Through Reversion

Western Illinois

Fierce and Beauty and the Land in Willa 5 0 Pioneers and Mv Antonia

Leah Christensen Western Illinois

and the Farm Dan Malachu~ Western Illinois

8

3 of

Co-Chairs Jessica and Lisa Room 327

and Disaster in Southern Poetry Jessica State

The of Disaster Public and Loss in the Poetry of Bob Hicok and Natasha

Lisa State

The Thomas on the Couch Marc Western Illinois

4 Modern and Chair Bill Room 214

The E Cock Male Homoeroticism in D H Lawrences

Merrill

and Sadism and Nar-

Davtcl Western Illinois

9

Welcome to the 8th Annual

EGOLASGO Conference

Friday October

Q amp A Orr Steve 214 1100 am-1200 pm

Morgan 109 700-900

Steve Tomasula Reading from VAS An Flatland A Novel

Steve Tomasula is the author of the novels The ofPortraiture NG

of the biotech revolushy

Body Animations lullaby for Fallujah)

and

OCIOIOCIV at the

theory critical studies of on conshy

sci-

Saturday October 22nd

800-845 am

845 am

900-1020 am

1039-1159 am bull

1299-109 pm

1 pm

2 3 pm

400-500 pm

ence and Dsvchiatrv and cultural led bv Steve and JacRie Orr

Hall 530 pm

the Bes[ Graduate Student n~~~__

1

f

911] ~middotlD2D am A

t

Race Room 027

and

Towards a

~

2

3

II

II - am

1 The of R2nr2S of Herman and

Chair Room 027

I do venders how that ill vork Race and Class Distinctions Dialect in Lippards The Ouaker City or The Monks

Sarah Illinois

of Black in

Queequeg and as Ends of the Spectrum of Antebellum Black

I(evin Western Illinois

~~ Slave Law of 185a and Class Protest Sourcing bPnrpp Ambivalences

Western Illinois

Panel 2 The of Comics Chair Morrow Room 014

in the a~nnl in Joe Saccos Gorazde

Steve Western Illinois

New Sense of Sense and through the Novel

Schroeder Western Illinois

Madness Genre Confusion and the Fantastic in Swallow Me Whole

Western Illinois University

4

ltCIts Comics

Panel 3 The Intersection of Science and Chair John Simmons Room 327

The Intersection of Science and John Simmons Western Illinois

The Brain Sue Western Illinois

The Crossroads of Science and I~II~IUI Within The Body Shannon Western Illinois

Roundtable discussion with Althea Alton Western Illinois Shannon Reed Western Illinois Shawn Western Illinois

Panel 4 Human Animals and Chair Andrea Room 214

ltThe of Nature The InrIlInT of in Theodore Dreiser s The Titan

Jose Northern Illinois

The Rhetoric of New Media Animal and Environmental Acshytivism Events~

Violence and Malas Territorial Art of Surshyin Shani Mootoos Cereus BLooms at Nightgt

Western Illinois University

5

3 -Panel 1

and Chair Jannell McConnell Room 027

(f Secrets of Dark WiSecret

ll Be the Truths of Eavan Bolands Domestic

Jannell State

landscape Irish and the

Western Illinois

The Politics of the Booker How Two Award Winners Have Changed Face of and World

Western Illinois

Panel 3 the Room 327

The Commod

Anna Western Illinois

of Bodies International Trade in PadmanabhanJs Harvest )

Woman as The Zombie Female Body Melissa Wangall Western Illinois

Bodies of the State the South African Mirror and Global

Andrea

Panel 4 J and Moderator Wilson-Jordan Room 214

Panel 2 s The Watchmen

Chair 014

~

The line RA+MAAn

The

A

Mind Western Illinois

6 7

Session lI 230 350 pm 1 the in American s

Chair Room 027

Three Antebellum of Womanhood in Harriet

Jean Western Illinois

of in the Novel

Michelle Western Illinois

An of the Slums in Antebellum New York A Female

Western Illinois

2 Out of the Wild and Down on the Farm in Thoreaus and Cathers

Chair Dan Malachu~ Room 014

nelJul

Grant Wood Catherine Western Illinois

laquo(More Natural Nature Thoreaus and Scientific Through Reversion

Western Illinois

Fierce and Beauty and the Land in Willa 5 0 Pioneers and Mv Antonia

Leah Christensen Western Illinois

and the Farm Dan Malachu~ Western Illinois

8

3 of

Co-Chairs Jessica and Lisa Room 327

and Disaster in Southern Poetry Jessica State

The of Disaster Public and Loss in the Poetry of Bob Hicok and Natasha

Lisa State

The Thomas on the Couch Marc Western Illinois

4 Modern and Chair Bill Room 214

The E Cock Male Homoeroticism in D H Lawrences

Merrill

and Sadism and Nar-

Davtcl Western Illinois

9

f

911] ~middotlD2D am A

t

Race Room 027

and

Towards a

~

2

3

II

II - am

1 The of R2nr2S of Herman and

Chair Room 027

I do venders how that ill vork Race and Class Distinctions Dialect in Lippards The Ouaker City or The Monks

Sarah Illinois

of Black in

Queequeg and as Ends of the Spectrum of Antebellum Black

I(evin Western Illinois

~~ Slave Law of 185a and Class Protest Sourcing bPnrpp Ambivalences

Western Illinois

Panel 2 The of Comics Chair Morrow Room 014

in the a~nnl in Joe Saccos Gorazde

Steve Western Illinois

New Sense of Sense and through the Novel

Schroeder Western Illinois

Madness Genre Confusion and the Fantastic in Swallow Me Whole

Western Illinois University

4

ltCIts Comics

Panel 3 The Intersection of Science and Chair John Simmons Room 327

The Intersection of Science and John Simmons Western Illinois

The Brain Sue Western Illinois

The Crossroads of Science and I~II~IUI Within The Body Shannon Western Illinois

Roundtable discussion with Althea Alton Western Illinois Shannon Reed Western Illinois Shawn Western Illinois

Panel 4 Human Animals and Chair Andrea Room 214

ltThe of Nature The InrIlInT of in Theodore Dreiser s The Titan

Jose Northern Illinois

The Rhetoric of New Media Animal and Environmental Acshytivism Events~

Violence and Malas Territorial Art of Surshyin Shani Mootoos Cereus BLooms at Nightgt

Western Illinois University

5

3 -Panel 1

and Chair Jannell McConnell Room 027

(f Secrets of Dark WiSecret

ll Be the Truths of Eavan Bolands Domestic

Jannell State

landscape Irish and the

Western Illinois

The Politics of the Booker How Two Award Winners Have Changed Face of and World

Western Illinois

Panel 3 the Room 327

The Commod

Anna Western Illinois

of Bodies International Trade in PadmanabhanJs Harvest )

Woman as The Zombie Female Body Melissa Wangall Western Illinois

Bodies of the State the South African Mirror and Global

Andrea

Panel 4 J and Moderator Wilson-Jordan Room 214

Panel 2 s The Watchmen

Chair 014

~

The line RA+MAAn

The

A

Mind Western Illinois

6 7

Session lI 230 350 pm 1 the in American s

Chair Room 027

Three Antebellum of Womanhood in Harriet

Jean Western Illinois

of in the Novel

Michelle Western Illinois

An of the Slums in Antebellum New York A Female

Western Illinois

2 Out of the Wild and Down on the Farm in Thoreaus and Cathers

Chair Dan Malachu~ Room 014

nelJul

Grant Wood Catherine Western Illinois

laquo(More Natural Nature Thoreaus and Scientific Through Reversion

Western Illinois

Fierce and Beauty and the Land in Willa 5 0 Pioneers and Mv Antonia

Leah Christensen Western Illinois

and the Farm Dan Malachu~ Western Illinois

8

3 of

Co-Chairs Jessica and Lisa Room 327

and Disaster in Southern Poetry Jessica State

The of Disaster Public and Loss in the Poetry of Bob Hicok and Natasha

Lisa State

The Thomas on the Couch Marc Western Illinois

4 Modern and Chair Bill Room 214

The E Cock Male Homoeroticism in D H Lawrences

Merrill

and Sadism and Nar-

Davtcl Western Illinois

9

II

II - am

1 The of R2nr2S of Herman and

Chair Room 027

I do venders how that ill vork Race and Class Distinctions Dialect in Lippards The Ouaker City or The Monks

Sarah Illinois

of Black in

Queequeg and as Ends of the Spectrum of Antebellum Black

I(evin Western Illinois

~~ Slave Law of 185a and Class Protest Sourcing bPnrpp Ambivalences

Western Illinois

Panel 2 The of Comics Chair Morrow Room 014

in the a~nnl in Joe Saccos Gorazde

Steve Western Illinois

New Sense of Sense and through the Novel

Schroeder Western Illinois

Madness Genre Confusion and the Fantastic in Swallow Me Whole

Western Illinois University

4

ltCIts Comics

Panel 3 The Intersection of Science and Chair John Simmons Room 327

The Intersection of Science and John Simmons Western Illinois

The Brain Sue Western Illinois

The Crossroads of Science and I~II~IUI Within The Body Shannon Western Illinois

Roundtable discussion with Althea Alton Western Illinois Shannon Reed Western Illinois Shawn Western Illinois

Panel 4 Human Animals and Chair Andrea Room 214

ltThe of Nature The InrIlInT of in Theodore Dreiser s The Titan

Jose Northern Illinois

The Rhetoric of New Media Animal and Environmental Acshytivism Events~

Violence and Malas Territorial Art of Surshyin Shani Mootoos Cereus BLooms at Nightgt

Western Illinois University

5

3 -Panel 1

and Chair Jannell McConnell Room 027

(f Secrets of Dark WiSecret

ll Be the Truths of Eavan Bolands Domestic

Jannell State

landscape Irish and the

Western Illinois

The Politics of the Booker How Two Award Winners Have Changed Face of and World

Western Illinois

Panel 3 the Room 327

The Commod

Anna Western Illinois

of Bodies International Trade in PadmanabhanJs Harvest )

Woman as The Zombie Female Body Melissa Wangall Western Illinois

Bodies of the State the South African Mirror and Global

Andrea

Panel 4 J and Moderator Wilson-Jordan Room 214

Panel 2 s The Watchmen

Chair 014

~

The line RA+MAAn

The

A

Mind Western Illinois

6 7

Session lI 230 350 pm 1 the in American s

Chair Room 027

Three Antebellum of Womanhood in Harriet

Jean Western Illinois

of in the Novel

Michelle Western Illinois

An of the Slums in Antebellum New York A Female

Western Illinois

2 Out of the Wild and Down on the Farm in Thoreaus and Cathers

Chair Dan Malachu~ Room 014

nelJul

Grant Wood Catherine Western Illinois

laquo(More Natural Nature Thoreaus and Scientific Through Reversion

Western Illinois

Fierce and Beauty and the Land in Willa 5 0 Pioneers and Mv Antonia

Leah Christensen Western Illinois

and the Farm Dan Malachu~ Western Illinois

8

3 of

Co-Chairs Jessica and Lisa Room 327

and Disaster in Southern Poetry Jessica State

The of Disaster Public and Loss in the Poetry of Bob Hicok and Natasha

Lisa State

The Thomas on the Couch Marc Western Illinois

4 Modern and Chair Bill Room 214

The E Cock Male Homoeroticism in D H Lawrences

Merrill

and Sadism and Nar-

Davtcl Western Illinois

9

3 -Panel 1

and Chair Jannell McConnell Room 027

(f Secrets of Dark WiSecret

ll Be the Truths of Eavan Bolands Domestic

Jannell State

landscape Irish and the

Western Illinois

The Politics of the Booker How Two Award Winners Have Changed Face of and World

Western Illinois

Panel 3 the Room 327

The Commod

Anna Western Illinois

of Bodies International Trade in PadmanabhanJs Harvest )

Woman as The Zombie Female Body Melissa Wangall Western Illinois

Bodies of the State the South African Mirror and Global

Andrea

Panel 4 J and Moderator Wilson-Jordan Room 214

Panel 2 s The Watchmen

Chair 014

~

The line RA+MAAn

The

A

Mind Western Illinois

6 7

Session lI 230 350 pm 1 the in American s

Chair Room 027

Three Antebellum of Womanhood in Harriet

Jean Western Illinois

of in the Novel

Michelle Western Illinois

An of the Slums in Antebellum New York A Female

Western Illinois

2 Out of the Wild and Down on the Farm in Thoreaus and Cathers

Chair Dan Malachu~ Room 014

nelJul

Grant Wood Catherine Western Illinois

laquo(More Natural Nature Thoreaus and Scientific Through Reversion

Western Illinois

Fierce and Beauty and the Land in Willa 5 0 Pioneers and Mv Antonia

Leah Christensen Western Illinois

and the Farm Dan Malachu~ Western Illinois

8

3 of

Co-Chairs Jessica and Lisa Room 327

and Disaster in Southern Poetry Jessica State

The of Disaster Public and Loss in the Poetry of Bob Hicok and Natasha

Lisa State

The Thomas on the Couch Marc Western Illinois

4 Modern and Chair Bill Room 214

The E Cock Male Homoeroticism in D H Lawrences

Merrill

and Sadism and Nar-

Davtcl Western Illinois

9

Session lI 230 350 pm 1 the in American s

Chair Room 027

Three Antebellum of Womanhood in Harriet

Jean Western Illinois

of in the Novel

Michelle Western Illinois

An of the Slums in Antebellum New York A Female

Western Illinois

2 Out of the Wild and Down on the Farm in Thoreaus and Cathers

Chair Dan Malachu~ Room 014

nelJul

Grant Wood Catherine Western Illinois

laquo(More Natural Nature Thoreaus and Scientific Through Reversion

Western Illinois

Fierce and Beauty and the Land in Willa 5 0 Pioneers and Mv Antonia

Leah Christensen Western Illinois

and the Farm Dan Malachu~ Western Illinois

8

3 of

Co-Chairs Jessica and Lisa Room 327

and Disaster in Southern Poetry Jessica State

The of Disaster Public and Loss in the Poetry of Bob Hicok and Natasha

Lisa State

The Thomas on the Couch Marc Western Illinois

4 Modern and Chair Bill Room 214

The E Cock Male Homoeroticism in D H Lawrences

Merrill

and Sadism and Nar-

Davtcl Western Illinois

9

Conference Roundtable 40D - 5DO pm

Steve Tomasula Orr Room 014

Reception 500 pm

located Taylor Hall~ 125 S RandolDh Street

of the Sebastian Melmoth Prize to the Best

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outdoor multimedia street-front me-remix concerts installations and

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English Graduate Organization rUiUI

Co-Presidents Melissa Maria DeRose Schoon

Mutchler

Jessica

Uberal Arts and Graduate

Organization (LASGO)

President Reed Vice President Andrea

LASGO and Faculty Advisor David with to Alton

Interdisdplinary English and Arts

Society (IDEAS)

1IrlI1 Stevens

Treasurer Steve Melissa Graven

This event is co-sponsored byEGO LASGO the Department of English and Journalism the University Theme Committee The ViSiting Lecturers Committee The College ofArts and Sciences the Provosts Office as well as Digital Commons

12

IlJr Speakers Sue Adams

Allison Morrow AI-Mutairi Marllt Mossman

Althea Alton Sarah David l3anash Mutchler Laura BlacR Michael Palmer Catherine Bodenbender

13rinlltman Kevin Rach Budruweit Shannon Reed

Cheron Shazla Rahman Anna Dee Robinson Leah Christensen Ramona Merrill Cole Jessica Scadden John Schoon Jose Fernandez Schroeder Marc Fortuna Lauren Sciascia Aaron GraF John Simmons Paul Guzzardo Andrea Everett Hamner Michelle Stevens

judith

Jean Kern Utle

Steve Dan MalachuR Wilson-Jordan

Zertuche

Panel Chairs and Moderators

David Banash Morrow Everett Hamner Shazia Rahman

Andrea

Lisa Wilson-Jordan

English Graduate Organization rUiUI

Co-Presidents Melissa Maria DeRose Schoon

Mutchler

Jessica

Uberal Arts and Graduate

Organization (LASGO)

President Reed Vice President Andrea

LASGO and Faculty Advisor David with to Alton

Interdisdplinary English and Arts

Society (IDEAS)

1IrlI1 Stevens

Treasurer Steve Melissa Graven

This event is co-sponsored byEGO LASGO the Department of English and Journalism the University Theme Committee The ViSiting Lecturers Committee The College ofArts and Sciences the Provosts Office as well as Digital Commons

12

IlJr Speakers Sue Adams

Allison Morrow AI-Mutairi Marllt Mossman

Althea Alton Sarah David l3anash Mutchler Laura BlacR Michael Palmer Catherine Bodenbender

13rinlltman Kevin Rach Budruweit Shannon Reed

Cheron Shazla Rahman Anna Dee Robinson Leah Christensen Ramona Merrill Cole Jessica Scadden John Schoon Jose Fernandez Schroeder Marc Fortuna Lauren Sciascia Aaron GraF John Simmons Paul Guzzardo Andrea Everett Hamner Michelle Stevens

judith

Jean Kern Utle

Steve Dan MalachuR Wilson-Jordan

Zertuche

Panel Chairs and Moderators

David Banash Morrow Everett Hamner Shazia Rahman

Andrea

Lisa Wilson-Jordan