THE IRCS WILL BE HOSTING A PANEL AT THE AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 24-27, 2012
The following panel topics have been proposed for this event:

• Women in Raymond Carver's Life, Fiction, and Poetry
  

• Open panel

Abstracts for individual papers (maximum 20 minutes) for these panels will be read until until January 10, 2012. Please limit your abstract to 250 words and submit with a 100 word biosketch to

cfp AT internationalraymondcarversociety.org

All submissions will receive an answer by January 15, 2012.
For complete information on the conference please see
ALA 2012

THE IRCS WILL BE HOSTING A PANEL AT THE 2011 MMLA CONVENTION IN ST LOUIS, MISSOURI, NOVEMBER 3-6

Topic: Serious Play in the Works of Raymond Carver

Panelists are invited to submit abstracts (250 words) for papers on any aspect of "serious play" in the works of Raymond Carver, or comparative talks on Carver and other writers. The topic is open to interpretation and may include, but is not limited to, playing with genres, lives, minds, and genders, in addition to playing with the truth (i.e. fact versus fiction). Abstracts will be read until May 20, 2011. Presenters must be/come members of the MMLA to participate.
For complete information on the conference please consult the MMLA web site: http://luc.edu/mmla/
Please send abstracts to:

cfp AT internationalraymondcarversociety.org

THE IRCS WILL BE HOSTING PANELS AT THE AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE IN BOSTON, MAY 26-29, 2011
The following panel topics have been proposed for this event:

• Raymond Carver and the (Grotesque) Body

• Raymond Carver's Beginners

Abstracts for individual papers (maximum 20 minutes) for these panels will be read until until January 5, 2011. Please limit your abstract to 250 words and submit to

cfp AT internationalraymondcarversociety.org

Members of the IRCS may still submit suggestions for panel or roundtable topics, please do so by December 15, 2010.
For more information on the Boston Conference please see the ALA site
ALA 2011 Conference

THE IRCS IS HOSTING A PANEL AT THE 2010 M/MLA CONVENTION IN CHICAGO: "Terror in the works of Raymond Carver"

Raymond Carver has stated in his essay "On Writing" that "I like it when there is some feeling of threat or sense of menace in short stories. I think a little menace is fine to have in a story". In keeping with the 2010 convention theme, the IRCS invites papers for a panel on terror/menace in the works and/or life of Raymond Carver. The topic is not limited to a discussion of Carver's short stories; panelists are invited to consider any aspect of terror relating to his fiction, poetry, film adapatations, life and times. Panelists must be/come members of the M/MLA. Please send abstracts (200 words) to: ircs@internationalraymondcarversociety.org

Call Closed

Panel Friday November 5th, 2010

48. The International Raymond Carver Society

1:40-3:10 p.m. (Convention Center Room 23 C)

Topic: Terror in the Works of Raymond Carver
Chair: Sandra Kleppe, Hedmark University College, Norway

1. Discomposure: Carver and the Other
Robert Miltner, Kent State University

2. Raymond Carver's Grunge Fictions
Angela Sorby begin_of_the_skype_highlighting     end_of_the_skype_highlighting, Marquette University

3. Raymond Carver's Self-Referential Poetry
Sandra Kleppe, Hedmark University College, Norway

THE IRCS HOSTED TWO PANELS AT THE 2010 AMERICAN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION IN SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 27-30
OUR PANELS WERE ON FRIDAY, MAY 28

 

PAST CALLS, CLOSED
1. The Raymond Carver Review has extended its call for Issue 3:

CFP Issue 3