May 2020. The Society is sponsoring a roundtable discussion on "Marriage and Other Domestic Entanglements in American Literature" at the American Literature Association conference to be held in San Diego, California, on the Thursday-Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Conference details at the ALA website.
September 2020. The Society's second annual conference is being planned for September 12-13, 2020, in Gloucester, Massachusetts. See call for papers. Details to come.
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Past Readings and Other Events
David Rich and Ken Riaf read passages from the novels Gloucestermas and Gloucesterbook relating to downtown "Dogtown" at the first annual conference in September 2019 - the videotapes are available here.