ALA Annual Conference – The American Literature Association

Thursday, May 21, 2026

2:30-3:50 pm

Session 5-D Bonnie Jo Campbell and the American Midwest (Salon 1)

Chair: Lisa DuRose, Inver Hills Community College

1. “Gender Out of Balance in the Fiction of Bonnie Jo Campbell,” Charles Cunningham, Eastern Michigan University

2. “Bonnie Jo Campbell Comics Volume 5: 13 Ways of Looking at The Waters,” Monica Friedman, Independent Scholar

3. “Nowhere Places and Invisible People: Surfacing Stories of the Overlooked,” Dawn Burns, Michigan State University

Thursday, May 21, 2026

4:00-5:20 pm

Session 6-I Bonnie Jo Campbell’s Influence: A Roundtable Discussion (Madison)

Chair: Sara Kosiba, Northeast Ohio Medical University

1. Lisa DuRose, Inver Hills Community College

2. Caitlin Horrocks, Grand Valley State University

3. Doug Sheldon, University of Illinois Chicago

Thursday, May 21, 2026

5:30-6:15 pm

Session 7-D Business Meeting: Bonnie Jo Campbell Society (Salon 1)