Dr. Edmond Y. Chang

08/25/2026

Autumn Semester 2026, Ohio University--my two undergraduate courses, 2 honors tutorials, and 2 graduate independent studies... plus my

08/25/2026

CFP: OEB Literary Society at ALA 2027

The Octavia E. Butler Literary Society (OEBLS) invites individual proposals for 1-2 panels at the American Literature Association’s 38th Annual Conference, to be held May 26–29, 2027, at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts.

We welcome proposals that explore any aspect of Octavia E. Butler’s life, work, and legacy. We especially encourage scholarship that engages with Butler’s literary works and/or her archives, including papers that consider her novels, short fiction, essays, journals, correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, interviews, and other archival materials.

Submission Guidelines
- Submission Deadline:
December 4, 2026
- Please submit your proposal through the OEBLS submission form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPa_zf95cGD-MDs5tOKqwsfoSJoLm7SA8jznRLQHA_o8pNfw/viewform -- emailed abstracts will not be accepted.

Because the OEBLS must subsequently submit its selected panel proposal to the American Literature Association according to the conference's panel-submission requirements, proposals submitted through the OEBLS form will be reviewed in advance of the ALA submission deadline.

Information about the American Literature Association Conference

The American Literature Association’s 38th Annual Conference will take place May 26–29, 2027, at The Westin Copley Place, 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. The conference director is Dr. Olivia Carr Edenfield of Georgia Southern University, and the featured reader is Andre Dubus III.

The Octavia E. Butler Literary Society (OEBLS) invites individual proposals for 1-2 panels at the American Literature Association’s 38th Annual Conference, to be held May 26–29, 2027, at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. We welcome proposals that explore any aspect of Octavia E. ...

08/24/2026

Day One, Week One... Autumn Semester 2026... begin!

08/24/2026

When the NYT supports your class...

I am literally about to teach today... Day One of the semester... my American Lit class will start with Huck Finn and end the term with Percival Everrett's James...

Should We Read ‘Huck Finn’?

One reporter traveled to understand how it is taught now.

08/18/2026

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact

Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. A growing number of sites and apps now have tools and policies to flag, label, and ban AI-generated content.

07/30/2026

Adults have struggled to set rules for AI in school. These teens figured it out

Should students be allowed to use AI on assignments? What about on tests? Who should teach AI literacy? About 100 teenagers got together to try to decide.

07/28/2026

Super thrilled that this is finally coming out, which includes my essay on Toshio Mori's Yokohama, California and Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark... Many thanks to Gerry Canavan for being a kind and generous editor! Huzzah! https://www.mla.org/Publications/Bookstore/Options-for-Teaching/Teaching-Science-Fiction

07/28/2026

Anthropic/Claude's “Project Panama"... their "effort to destructively scan all the books in the world"... Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books

Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.

07/27/2026

Ursula K. Le Guin House Now Historic

The National Register of Historic Places now includes the Ursula K. Le Guin house in Portland's Willamette Heights neighborhood.

07/22/2026

Academic conference puts board game sustainability, environmental theming and more under the microscope https://boardgamewire.com/index.php/2026/07/14/academic-conference-puts-board-game-sustainability-environmental-theming-and-more-under-the-microscope/

While many of Generation Analog 2026's presentations explore environmental issues, the conference's broad 'Green' theme also encompasses topics including newcomer experiences, representation, identity, game history and design philosophy.