Reading Morrison 2026 : Toni Morrison’s A Mercy in Focus

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Reading Morrison 2026 : Toni Morrison’s A Mercy in Focus

Link: https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webprogrampreliminary/Paper30304.html

When	Jan 8, 2026 - Jan 11, 2026
Where	2026 MLA Convention (Toronto, Canada)
Submission Deadline	Mar 17, 2025

Categories black literature toni morrison a mercy african american

Call For Papers

This joint proposal invites abstracts for papers that engage meaningfully with Toni Morrison’s 2008 novel A Mercy. This session seeks to bring together a wide variety of approaches to and thematic interests in the novel. Papers might explore questions as diverse as possession/haunting, coloniality, race, the archive, gender, or theories of reading.

Please submit a 250-word abstract and a 150-word bio by Monday, March 17th via this Google form: https://forms.gle/kzYew6K7XLPEpiG6A

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