Dear MRDS Members and Friends, I have begun putting together the Fall 2012 MRDS Newsletter, and, as usual, I need your help. Please send any announcements, including: - Upcoming conferences - Recent publications - Upcoming or recent performances - Dissertations in progress (author's name, title, institution, director's name) or recently completed dissertations - Calls for Papers and other opportunities - Other News to [log in to unmask] Please do not be shy. I hope to have completed the newsletter before the Winter Solstice (or the end of the world), so please do not delay. Best to All, Gerard -- Gerard P. NeCastro MRDS Newsletter Secretary and sometimes Professor of English University of Maine at Machias 116 O'Brien Avenue Machias, ME 04654 207-255-1293 [log in to unmask]