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Source: Virginia Woolf, 

Here’s a blog post about the state of girls today, with an appropriate tie-in to Virginia Woolf, including her short story “A Society.” It comes via the Lost and Found Books blog. It’s titled “Wes Anderson, and the #DayoftheGirl.”

Thankfully, in the tradition of Woolf’s society of girls, my daughter is asking questions. Lots of questions. Let’s hope she gets the right answers. And learns to ignore the wrong ones.

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The due date for submissions to the spring 2016 issue of the Virginia Woolf Miscellany is Oct. 15.

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Call for Papers: A Truly Miscellaneous Woolf Miscellany
Spring 2016 Issue of Virginia Woolf Miscellany
Submissions due:  15 October 2015

Essays requested on any topic related to Virginia Woolf. All topics and approaches are welcome; however, we have particular interest in essays on post-colonial, eco-critical, LGBT, and historical topics. PLEASE NOTE that this CFP replaces the CFP for “The Woolfs and Africa;” however, papers on Africa are especially welcome, including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Virginia Woolf and African writers;
  • representations of Africa in Virginia’s fiction and/or essays;
  • Leonard’s international politics/writing and Africa;
  • imperialism, race, and Africa in the Woolfs’ lives and work;
  • teaching Virginia and/or Leonard Woolf in Africa;
  • African perspectives on Virginia’s feminism;
  • African modernisms and Virginia Woolf;
  • post-colonial African literature and Virginia Woolf.

    Please send queries and submissions to Diana L. Swanson at dswanson@niu.edu<mailto:dswanson@niu.edu> .

    Essays should be between 2,500 and 3,000 words and use MLA citation style. Submit files in Word or RTF format.

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