American Literature Association
A Coalition of Societies Devoted to the Study of American Authors
34th Annual Conference on American Literature
May 25 – 27, 2023
The Westin Copley Place
10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02116
Friday, May 26, 2023
11:30 am – 12:50 pm
Session 10-K New Directions in Claude McKay Studies: A Roundtable Discussion (Parliament)
Organized by the Future Claude McKay Society
Chair: Michael J. Collins, King’s College, London
1. “Claude McKay’s Letters in Exile: A New Route Across the Black Atlantic,” Gary Edward Holcomb, Ohio University
2. “‘Syrup of Passion and Desire’: Transgressive Politics of Pleasure in Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille,” Agnieszka Tuszynska, Queensborough Community CUNY
3. “Carmen in the Ditch: Operatic Echoes in Claude McKay’s Banjo and Romance in Marseille,” Jennifer M. Wilks, University of Texas, Austin
4. “Claude McKay Goes Undercover in Hollywood France: The Making of Banjo’s ‘Blue Cinema,’” Rich Cole, University of Calgary and Alberta University of the Arts
