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June 17 - 19, 2004 |
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The American University of Paris |
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The American University of Paris |
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William Dow (dow@aup.fr) |
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17 June, Thursday
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Opening
Remarks: 16:00-18:00
Speakers: Prof. William Dow,
The American University of Paris; Prof. Bob Fyne,
Kean Univ.; Ambassador
James Rentschler,
Paris, "Marcel in Manila: My Cold War Meeting With
Studs";
Kevin Farrell,
M.D., Decatur, Georgia, son of James T. Farrell;
Don Gropman,
Medfod, MA (author of Say It Ain’t So, Joe! The True
Story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and the 1919 World Series):
"How I Met a Boyhood Idol and Had Dinner at the Ritz
Carlton Wearing His Shirt and Tie".
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18 June, Friday
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JTF Underground, Pt. II: 10:00-10:15
Speaker:
Marshall Brooks,
Arts End Books, W. Dover, VT (publisher of Studs
Lonigan’s Neighborhood and the Making of JTF, by
Edgar M. Branch; and Eight Short Short Stories &
Sketches, by JTF).
JTF and France: 10:15-11:45
Panel: Prof.
Dennis Flynn,
Bentley College (ed. of JTF: On Irish Themes): "JTF’s
1938 Paris Trip";
Serge Fauchereau,
poet, critic, curator (author of Complete Fiction
and numerous other books): The JTF Legacy and European
Culture;
Kevin Farrell,
M.D., Decatur, GA: Thoughts, Recollections and JTF in
Paris.
Bio-Bibliography of JTF [slide show presentation]:
11:45-12:30
Speaker:
Donald Yannella,
Prof. Emeritus of English, Rowan University, his books
include Ralph Waldo Emerson and New Essays on
Billy Budd.
JTF Reconsiderations: 14:15-15:45
Prof.
Alan Wald,
Univ. of Michigan (author of JTF: the Revolutionary
Socialist Years; The New York Intellectuals and
Exiles from a Future Time): "JTF and the Left
Reconsidered"; Prof.
Barry
Wallenstein, City University of New York
(author of five collections of poetry, including The
Short Life of the Five Minute Dancer and A
Measure of Conduct): "Editing the Collected Poems
of JTF and the Poetry of Gas-House McGinty";
Harry Smith,
publisher, The Smith, Brooklyn, NY (author of numerous
poetry collections and publisher of New Year’s
Eve/1929 and When Time Was Born, both by JTF):
"JTF and Everyday Existentialism".
JTF as Seen by Three Chicagoans: 16:00-17:30
William Lederer,
playwright and nephew of William "Studs" Cunnigham
(real-life model for the fictional Studs), Chicago:
"Re-Discovering Seeds of Current Literary Movements in
the Lonigan Trilogy";
Bette Howland,
Union Pier, MI (writer, critic, MacArthur Fellow, author
of Blue in Chicago): "Magic in the Name: Farrell
and Dreiser";
Marvin W. Gray,
lawyer, Chicago (alumnus of the Lonigan Neighborhood,
including the Carter Elementary School at 57th and
Wabash): "Lawlessness in Studs’s Neighborhood."
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19 June, Saturday
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JTF’s Paris, Walking Tour:
10:30-12:00
Guide:
Noel Riley Fitch,
writer, Paris (author of Walks in Hemingway’s Paris
and Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation, et al.)
Taped Lecture By JTF: 10:30 -12:00
Moderator: Prof.
Bob Fyne,
Kean University (author of Hollywood Propaganda of
WWII).
Reception
/Book Signing for Noel Riley Fitch: 12:30-13:00
Baseball, Yaddo, and the Short Stories:
14:00-15:30
Robert Fox,
novelist and essayist, Columbus, OH (his article on the
short stories of JTF appears in The Columbia
Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story):
"Revisiting the Short Stories of JTF";
Ron Briley,
educator, Asst. Headmaster, Sandia Prep. School,
Albuquerque, NM (author of Class at Bat, Gender on
Deck, Race in the Hole: A Line-up of Essays on 20th
Century Culture and the National Game): "The 1919
Black Sox Scandal and the Baseball Writings of JTF";
Ben Alexander,
manuscript specialist, New York Public Library, "JTF at
Yaddo".
Beginning at the End, JTF’s Universe of Time; and
the Future of JTF Studies: 15:45-16:15
Marshall Brooks,
publisher, Arts End Books, W. Dover, VT, and an open
forum discussion.
Book Party for Editions du Murmure’s June 2004
Publication of Gas-House McGinty and Conference
Closing: 16:15-18:00
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