Although The John Updike Society is looking toward a Second Biennial Conference in Boston, June 12-16, 2012, we still need members who are planning (or willing) to attend the American Literature Association conference in San Francisco on May 24-27, 2012. The Society is responsible for sponsoring at least one session, preferably two, as well as a business meeting.

If you can make it to San Francisco and have an idea for a paper, please submit it to James Plath (jplath@iwu.edu) by January 10. Rather than calling for papers for specific panel topics this year, we’ll build panels around the abstracts that come in.