American Literature Association

The Jonathan Bayliss Society is a member of the American Literature Association and participates in one or more panels during the annual ALA conference, which takes place during the Memorial Day weekend. The May 2026 conference will be held in Chicago. Please see see https://americanliteratureassociation.org/ala-conferences/ala-annual-conference.  CFPs are usually issued in late fall; responses are due in January each year. 

In 2025 at the Boston conference, the JBS roundtable was "American Experimental Fiction," chaired by JBS Board member John T. Day. Board member Gary Grieve-Carlson's talk was on "Systems in the Novels of Jonathan Bayliss";  the panel included talks on other authors by Karen Frances McCarthy, Nick Salvo, and Izaak Hecht. A joint JBS-Charles Olson Society panel, "Charles Olson, Vincent Ferrini, and Jonathan Bayliss in Gloucester: Poetry, Prose, and Place," was chaired by the Olson Society's Josh Hoeynck. Grieve-Carlson's paper was “The Idea of Tragedy in Jonathan Bayliss’ Prologos”; other panelists were Jim Cocola, Ben Lee, and Katherin Yu.

Bayliss Society Notebook

JBS members receive the Bayliss Society Notebook once or twice a year. The Notebook usually includes short scholarly articles as well as organizational updates. Submissions are welcome and may be emailed to info@jonathanbayliss.org.