Literary Imagination Volume 27, Number 3, 2025 can be found here. Literary Imagination is a forum for all those interested in the distinctive nature, uses, and pleasures of literature, from... read more →
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29th ALSCW Conference
The Twenty-ninth annual ALSCW conference to take place October 22-25, 2026, at Johns Hopkins University.
OUR MISSION
Promote excellence in literary criticism and scholarship, and work to ensure that literature thrives in both scholarly and creative environments. We encourage the reading and writing of literature, criticism, and scholarship, as well as wide-ranging discussions among those committed to the reading and study of literary works.
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers will take place Thursday, November 6 to Sunday, November 9, 2025, at the Ohio State University in... read more →
We look forward to seeing you at the twenty-seventh annual conference of the ALSCW at the Catholic University of America, October 17-20. We have another exciting event in the making!... read more →
WHO WE ARE
Officers
PRESIDENT
David Yezzi, Johns Hopkins University
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Hannibal Hamlin, Ohio State University
CO-VICE PRESIDENT
Rebecca Rainof, University of California-Berkeley
CO-VICE PRESIDENT
Maria DiBattista, Princeton University
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ernest Suarez, Catholic University
Council
David Bromwich, Yale University
Andrew Gross, University of Göttingen
Sandra Gustafson, University of Notre Dame
Robert Levine, University of Maryland
Major Jackson, Vanderbilt University
Mike Mattison, Tedeschi Trucks Band
David Mikics, New College of Florida
Justin Mitchell, University of Michigan
Lee Oser, College of Holy Cross
Richard Rankin Russell, Baylor University
Mary Jo Salter, Johns Hopkins University
Diana Senechal, Szolnok, Hungary
Meg Tyler, Boston University
Sonia Velázquez, Indiana University
Kenneth Warren, University of Chicago
Rosanna Warren, University of Chicago
DC Office Staff
Office Manager, Emily Grace
Assistant, Jeffrey Peters