Laura Fisher

I love that the dude who wrote goddamn Angels in America is in no way above simply yelling "Fuck YOU" at an asshole.

Have you always wanted to learn how to propose a trade edition of your favorite classic by a woman writer? Whether it's known or obscure, a romance novel or an epic, meet me and @laufi.bsky.social in Philly in November.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 20!
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Submit by Feb 24 for first consideration.

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CFP for 2025 SSAWW Conference “Understanding Histories, Imagining Futures: 25 Years of SSAWW” November 6-9, 2025 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marriott Old City Workshop Description: Proposing Trade Editions This is a guaranteed special-session workshop that will meet twice at the SSAWW Conference in Philadelphia Nov 6-9, 2025. Given Modern Library’s new Torchbearers series, Penguin’s African American Classics series, and the New York Review Books feminist reissues, trade publishers have demonstrated interest in recovering texts by female-identified, queer, and non-white writers to reach both classrooms and the general reading public. These editions have different demands than scholarly editions, which present the text for academic audiences. In this closed workshop, which will meet for two sessions over the course of the conference, participants will pre-circulate an introduction draft situating a text of their choosing for a public audience. In the first session, the group, led by Fisher and Zibrak, will workshop the pre-circulated introductions. In the second, we’ll discuss how to create a proposal for a trade edition, with a mind to each participant’s goals and project. To Apply: Send a one-page CV and 300-word abstract summarizing the text you propose to recover and why you think it might appeal to present-day readers to azibrak@uwyo.edu and laura.fisher@torontomu.ca with “SSAWW Workshop” in the subject line. We are eager to hear from potential workshop participants who are affiliated or non-affiliated with a university, established or emerging scholars, contingent faculty and/or graduate students.

Come workshop an edition with me and @laufi.bsky.social at SSAWW in Philly in November!

Amazing news!

This happened to me (missing a page of an critical archive scan) in sf last summer and in the intervening months the library closed down… forever

5:15 PM - 6:30 PM 123 Black Speculations Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Salon 12 (1st Floor) Join Virtual Session on 9 January, 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM Saturday, 11 January 2025 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM 528 Kate Chopin’s Louisiana Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Steering (Riverside Complex) 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM 1:45 PM - 3:00 PM 569 Literary Institutions Hilton New Orleans Riverside - Royal (3rd Floor)

MLA goers! Mark your calendars for the three panels organized by the Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American forum! "A literary period straddling two centuries since the beginning of the second of those centuries"™️

"It’s not too late for the world’s largest organization of professional humanists to find its voice, stand against genocide alongside our Palestinian colleagues, and recall what it means to be human."

Sad? Maybe. But I need this so please help me write my book about California in 1913 from Canada in 2023!

Looking for someone at a well-resourced US university who will permit me to pay them a lump sum in exchange for their academic library log-in. Must tolerate and abide the frequent third-party authentication nonsense this will involve.
Email me please! Laura.fisher@torontomu.ca

Wonderful news! Congratulations!

I’m wearing a turtleneck and a jean jacket at 9 am, guess where I am

Which app should I use to express my excitement and nervousness about today being day one of a 6-week archives trip I’ve been planning for 9 months?