Gosh, I'm so behind on everything this week. Social occasions and time with A. really cut into my writing productivity, but I'm determined to turn that around again.
I got an email from the International Auto/Biography Association this morning about their upcoming conference. At the bottom is a great preliminary bibliography of scholars in the field, some of whom I'm aware of, some not:
...we thought you would like to know that we have had an exceptional interest in the conference and estimate at least 250 delegates. We are delighted to confirm that presenters will include Nancy K. Miller, Sidonie Smith, Alessandro Portelli, Nadje Al-Ali, Leigh Gilmore, Alistair Thomson, Jenny Diski, Michael Holroyd, Liz Stanley, Ruth Padel, Philippe Lejeune, Alexander Masters, Michelene Wandor, Rachel Cusk, Blake Morrison, Tom Couser, Mike Roper, Julia Watson, Bella Brodzski, Judith Coullie, Gillian Whitlock, Suzanne Bunkers, Trev Broughton, Mary Evans, Craig Howes, Vesna Goldsworthy, Ivor Goodson, Marlene Kadar, Linda Peterson, June Purvis, Julie Rak, Max Saunders, Dorothy Sheridan, Clare Brant, Kay Schaffer, Paula Morao, Alfred Hornung, Monica Soeting, Meg Jensen, Zhao Baisheng, Valerie Yow, David Amigoni, Michael Murray, Roger Porter, Max Saunders, Louise Yelin, Michael Keren, Cynthia Huff, Joanne Leonard, Deirdre Heddon, Suely Kofes, Helena Saianda, Thlalo Radison, Stephan Meyer, Elizabeth Podnieks, Kate O'Riordan, Kim Lacy Rogers, Lanfang Zou, Pat Sikes, Gabriele Linke, Jeanne Perreault, Jan Montefiore, Gabriele Linke, Vera Hoorens, Marjorie Dryburgh, Isobel Duran, Azeem Badroodien, Celia Hunt, Susanna Mintz, Sylvie Crinquand, Meenakshi Malhotra, Jeremy Popkin, Helena Whitbread, Arianne Baggerman, Rudolf Dekker, Kate Douglas, and, we hope, Lauren Berlant too. And many more whose details we will be posting on the website as soon as we can!
We are also pleased to say that we will be publishing a selection of the papers in the journal Biography and are also negotiating with another journal in addition.
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