International Pynchon Week 2021 in Vancouver

[Arthur Fuller]

I guess it's time to start saving money for next July. I think that I have
read every published word Thomas wrote, but I do not pretend to expertise,
I just love his imagination.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 1:07 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sounds awesome!
>
> When are you guys gonna have a Pynchon Week in Toronto? I'd be there
> with bells on!
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 11:53 AM Jeff Severs <jeffsevers at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Pynchonians,
> >
> >
> >
> > I’m pleased to announce that International Pynchon Week 2021 will be held
> > the week of June 6-12, 2021, in Vancouver, Canada, on the campus of
> > the University
> > of British Columbia <http://ubc.ca>. I look forward to welcoming you to
> > Vancouver and UBC, my home campus, in 2021.
> >
> >
> >
> > Vancouver, the first North American venue for an IPW, will place Pynchon
> > scholars on his one-time home coast and about 140 miles from Seattle,
> where
> > his novel-writing career began in the early 1960s. For those skeptical of
> > national border-making (a-and who isn’t?), Vancouver is also at the heart
> > of the Cascadia bioregion extending from northern California (setting for
> > *Vineland*) on up to Alaska. More Vancouver connections to come in a
> > general call for papers I’ll likely send out and post widely some time in
> > mid-2020, with a deadline in late 2020. I’ll establish a conference
> website
> > with info on accommodations, scheduling details, etc. some time later
> too.
> > Feel free to spread the word in your networks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks, and if you have any questions I can answer at this early point in
> > the planning, please do be in touch at jeffsevers at gmail.com. Best wishes
> > and happy reading and writing!
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeff Severs
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-- 
Arthur