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ALA 2025: Panels organized by the Mark Twain Circle of America

Panel 1:​ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer at 150

Chair: Joseph Csicsila, Eastern Michigan University

  1. “Tom and Becky, Sitting in a Tree Cave: Romance, Love and Sex in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” John Bird, Winthrop University

  2.  “The Necessity of Tom Sawyer in Louise Erdrich’s Fictions of Indigenous Childhood,” Christine Holbo, Arizona State University

  3.  Tom Sawyer: Comparing Mark Twain’s Novel To His Play,” Don Pellegrino, Independent Scholar

 

 Panel 2: Mark Twain in Contemporary Perspective 

Chair: Judith Yaross Lee, Ohio University

 

  1. “Jim, Jasper, James, and Django: Mark Twain, White Dread, and the Ghost of Afrofuturism.” Ann M. Ryan, Le Moyne College

  2.  “Twain’s Arthurian Classic Illustrated: Adaptations of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court in the Comics,” Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College

  3.  “The Clemenses at Tedworth Square: Family Dynamics and Urban Design,” Susan K. Harris, University of Kansas

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