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Pipe Dream • a Tour of Steinbeck's Long Island SPECIAL EVENTS SUGGESTED TOPICS: Steinbeck and the Other Arts: Photography, theater, film, • Pipe Dream television and music Music by Richard Rodgers Steinbeck and Hollywood: Producers, directors, stars Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and scripts Based on the novel Sweet Thursday by John Steinbeck Steinbeck and Broadway: Plays and performances Directed by Bob Spiotto Steinbeck and the American Folk Tradition A Fully Staged Concert Version (pending availability) Steinbeck and War • A Tour of Steinbeck’s Long Island Steinbeck and American Writers Steinbeck and the Land Steinbeck and Mexico ALLIED EVENTS Steinbeck’s Canon and Critical Theory Steinbeck and the Press: Reviewers, critics and journalists • NEW YORK CITY GALA Publishing History: Illustrators, cover art, international • MAJOR AUTHOR SYMPOSIUM recognition and limited editions • TOUR OF STEINBECK’S NEW YORK CITY The Western Writer/The Eastern Writer Popular Culture The Writer, The Culture, The Decade: The ’30s, ’40s, ’50s Conference Co-Directors: and ’60s Ruth Prigozy Susan Shillinglaw American Politics Professor of English Professor of English and Hofstra University Director of the Center for Proposals for other presentations, lecture/demonstrations, Steinbeck Studies panels, round-tables and workshops are also welcomed. San José State University San José, California 95192 A letter of intent, a one-page abstract (in duplicate) and [email protected] curriculum vitae should be sent by August 31, 2001, to: Conference Co-Coordinators: HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER (HCC) 200 Hofstra University Natalie Datlof Richard Pioreck Hempstead, New York 11549-2000 Executive Director Assistant Director for Tel: (516) 463-5669 Hofstra Cultural Center Projects, Publications and Fax: (516) 463-4793 Faculty Liaison E-mail: [email protected] Hofstra Cultural Center Hofstra Cultural Center The deadline for completed papers (in duplicate) is 200 Hofstra University January 31, 2002. Presentation time for papers, lectures, Hempstead, New York 11549-2000 lecture/demonstrations and workshops is limited to 20 minutes. (Papers should be limited to 10-12 typed, double- Please Post spaced pages excluding notes.) As selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings, previously published material should not be submitted. Hofstra University continues its commitment to extending equal opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, national or ethnic origin, or physical or mental disability in the conduct and operation of its educational programs and activities, including admission and employment. This statement of nondiscrimination is in compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Selected poems thematically related to Steinbeck and his Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other federal, state and local laws. The Director of Environmental Safety in the Plant Department (516) 463-6622 is the individual works will be presented at a Poetry Forum. If you are inter- designated by the University to coordinate its efforts to comply with Section 504. The Equal ested in reading your work or having it read at the forum, Rights and Opportunity Officer is the University’s official responsible for coordinating its adherence to Title IX and other equal opportunity regulations and laws. Questions or con- the deadline for poetry submissions is November 30, 2001. cerns regarding Title IX or other aspects of this policy (other than Section 504) should be Submissions will not be returned. directed to the Equal Rights and Opportunity Officer (516) 463-2500..
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