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Dr. Melanie A Marotta
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Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor, English & Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies at William & Mary | Monograph: African American Female Heroes: 21st c YA Neo-Slave Narrative #upmiss | Researching YA and Women's Horror | She
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My book is on sale!

www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Afri...
African American Adolescent Female Heroes
In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young ad...
www.upress.state.ms.us
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Save the date! @jessmaddox.bsky.social (Zoom) talks about Taylor Swift on Oct. 31 in Tucker 127A, William & Mary
October 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
My book is on sale!

www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Afri...

Books on the UP of Mississippi are 50% off (including pre-orders!), AND you’ll receive free US shipping with no minimum purchase required! This sale will run from August 6 through August 15.
African American Adolescent Female Heroes
In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young ad...
www.upress.state.ms.us
August 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
@middleagewitch.bsky.social and I would like to thank everyone who submitted to our call for papers. The call has now concluded.
melanieamarotta.bsky.social Dr. Melanie A Marotta @melanieamarotta.bsky.social · May 1
@middleagewitch.bsky.social & I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror (so many amazing books from women writers coming out this month!)

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

@intellectbooks.bsky.social
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
August 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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melanieamarotta.bsky.social
@middleagewitch.bsky.social & I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror (so many amazing books from women writers coming out this month!)

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

@intellectbooks.bsky.social
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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sophiegilbert.bsky.social
Girl on Girl is out today! And got the review of my literal dreams from the Washington Post—I am truly a bit emotional at someone seeing what I was trying to do with the book so clearly. wapo.st/3ECIW0t
Review | How 2000s pop culture taught us that sex is a currency
In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert turns a critical eye on misogyny without settling into outrage or pity.
wapo.st
April 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
The panel, Gothic II, remains open for submissions!

Submit by June 30 or until panel is full.

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

#WomensGothic #GothicFilm #GothicHouse #Secrets
June 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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I'm on the 1pm panel at #ALABoston
May 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I'm presenting on Saturday #ALA Boston #AfricanAmericanYAHorror
May 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Today's the day!

Submit your Gothic abstracts!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406
Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

#WomensGothic #GothicGaming #GothicFilms #GothicNovels
The CFP List
An academic call for papers database.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Every time there's a Twitter purge, I share the link to my book. I co-authored "Corpses, Fools and Monsters" and it is about transness in cinema. People seem to like it!

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725695...
Corpses, Fools and Monsters by Willow Maclay, Caden Gardner: 9781914420580 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A radical history of transness in cinema, and an exploration of the political possibilities of its future. In the history of cinema, trans people are usually murdered, made into a joke, or viewed as ...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
October 17, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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apnews.com
BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.
bit.ly
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
@middleagewitch.bsky.social & I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror (so many amazing books from women writers coming out this month!)

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

@intellectbooks.bsky.social
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
May 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
Submit your Gothic abstracts by May 15! It's coming up fast!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406
Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

#WomensGothic #EcoGothic #GothicGaming
The CFP List
An academic call for papers database.
www.cfplist.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
Submit your gothic abstracts by May 15!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406

Submit here: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483
April 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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middleagewitch.bsky.social
UPenn site has been updated, so you can now find our CFP for the Horror Studies special issue on women and horror here: cfplist.com/CFP/44405

@intellectbooks.bsky.social @melanieamarotta.bsky.social
The CFP List
An academic call for papers database.
cfplist.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
My book is on sale at @upmississippi.bsky.social
Code PCA2025 for 30% off.

www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Afri...
African American Adolescent Female Heroes
In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young ad...
www.upress.state.ms.us
April 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
‪Deadline is 1 month from today! Submit your gothic abstracts!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link:

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
April 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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middleagewitch.bsky.social
I am so excited to be working on this special issue of Horror Studies with @melanieamarotta.bsky.social
Send more cops, or, you know, abstracts.
April 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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nytimes.com
The Department of Education said on Friday that it was moving to cut off all federal funding for Maine’s public schools because the state had ignored President Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams.
Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools
The Trump administration has been targeting Maine since the president sparred with Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes at the White House in February.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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middleagewitch.bsky.social
@melanieamarotta.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies on post-2010 horror texts by women. Abstracts due August 1st call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...
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April 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
Our call for papers is out! @middleagewitch.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror

@intellectbooks.bsky.social

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
April 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
melanieamarotta.bsky.social
I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the @pamlaorg.bsky.social 2025 conference in San Francisco. Deadline for abstracts is May 15!

See link for more info:

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
April 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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penamerica.bsky.social
PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America
Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...
pen.org
January 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM