American Literature Association Conference, May 26-29,2005, Boston, MA. Deadline for Proposals: January 10,2005. For further information on the conference, see the website: www.americanliterature.org Two panels are sponsored by the Emily Dickinson International Society.

Panel 1: Emily Dickinson's Reading. This panel will address Dickinson's responses to literary and non-literary works she was reading. Papers might address: her reading of periodicals; her responses to particular authors and texts; her discussions of particular books; her theories (spoken or unspoken) of the value and pleasures of reading.

Panel 2. Open Topic.