Blue Short Stories Special Issue N° 85 of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE) Guest editors : Bénédicte Meillon, Université d’Angers, and Frédérique Spill, Université Jules Vernes Picardie Since the turn of the century, the stakes inherent in climate change have turned out to be indissoluble from the threats affecting coastal and marine…
The 17th International Conference on the Short Story in English directed by Dr Maurice A. Lee will take place in Killarney, Ireland, in June 2025. Theme: “How it Works: The Uniqueness of the Short Story.” Often, the short story is defined by what it is not: the novel. Yet perhaps the better question to ask…
Short Fiction Theory and Practice ‘Materiality in the Short Fiction of Alice Munro’, guest edited by Corinne Bigot, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, and Christine Lorre, Sorbonne Nouvelle University “People’s lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, simple, amazing and unfathomable—deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum.” (Munro, Lives of Girls and Women, 1971. ShrThroughout her…
Conference in Celebration of Flannery O’Connor’s 100th Birthday Nicolaus Copernicus University; Toruń, Poland; March 25-26, 2025. Click here for First Call for Papers. Email inquiries to Professors Grzegorz Koneczniak (gregorex at umk.pl) and Mirosława Buchholtz (mirabuch at umk.pl). (Proposals Due November 15, 2024)
“The Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures” — 10-12 July 2024, University of Mainz, Germany The Society for the Study of the American Short Story, The American Literature Association, and the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, in collaboration with the ENSFR, have organized a three-day seminar series on the short story. Here…