37th Annual Conference of the Thomas Wolfe Society
May 22-24, 2015 Albany Hilton Albany, NY
Wolfe’s America from the Gilded Age to the Great Depression
Friday, May 22
8:30-10:30 a.m. Board of Directors Meeting | Anteroom
10:30 a.m.-noon Registration | East Gallery C
Noon-12:30 p.m. Welcome and Prologue | Governor C
Welcome, George Hovis, President, Thomas Wolfe Society, SUNY-Oneonta
Prologue, Mary Aswell Doll, Savannah College of Art and Design
12:30-2 p.m. Session I | Governor C
Moderator: Bryan Giemza, UNC-Chapel Hill
“Gant among the Hudson Squires,” Edwin Yoder, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
“You Can’t Go Home Again: Greed, Truth and the American Identity,” Caitlyn Kuzmich, SUNY-Oneonta
“Decadent Decay: The Complexity of Social Corruption, Consciousness and Critique in Watchmen and You Can’t Go Home Again,” Sarah W. Cummings, SUNY-Oneonta
2-2:30 p.m. Break
2:30-4 p.m. Session II | Governor C
Moderator: Rebecca Godwin, Barton College
“Animality in Look Homeward, Angel,” Amy Augesen, SUNY-Oneonta
“Thomas Wolfe and the Mythical Method,” Amélie Moisy, Université Paris Est-Cretéil
“Thomas Wolfe and His Literary Apprenticeship,” Ruth Winchester Ware, Durham, North Carolina
Dinner on Your Own
7-8 p.m. Riverboat Cruise
Transportation departs from hotel at 6:15 p.m.
Saturday, May 23
8-8:30 a.m. Coffee and Continental Breakfast | Governor C
8:30-10 a.m. Session III: “Teaching Wolfe in the Twenty-First Century” | Governor C
Moderator: Anne R. Zahlan, Eastern Illinois University
Discussants: Sarah Cummings, SUNY-Oneonta; Michael Houck, Fayetteville, North Carolina; Dylan Nealis, Arvada, Colorado; Joseph Bentz, Azusa Pacific University; Mark Canada, Indiana University Kokomo; Paula Gallant Eckard, UNC Charlotte; George Hovis, SUNY-Oneonta
10-10:45 a.m. Business Meeting | Governor C
President George Hovis presiding
10:45-11 a.m. Break
11 a.m.-noon Session IV | Governor C
Moderator: Laura Hope-Gill, Thomas Wolfe Center for Narrative, Lenoir-Rhyne University
“What Is a Man Like Myself to Do?—Thomas Wolfe and the Spanish Dilemma,” Steven B. Rogers, Mount Rainier, Maryland
Dramatic Reading of “The Reed of Demonic Ecstasy,” David Madden, Black Mountain, North Carolina
Noon-12:15 p.m. Conclusion | Governor C
Final Words, President George Hovis
Epilogue, Jan Hensley, Greensboro, North Carolina
12:15-2:15 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
2:15-3:30 p.m. Walking Tour of Albany’s Capital District
Meet in Albany Hilton lobby at 2:15 p.m.
Optional stop at New York History Museum at end of tour
6-7 p.m. Cash Bar | Hudson Ballroom
7 p.m. Banquet | Hudson Ballroom
Awards Ceremony
Keynote Address: Joseph M. Flora, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sunday, May 24
7 a.m.-5 p.m. Bus Trip through Hudson River Valley
Trip will feature stops at Vanderbilt Mansion and FDR Home and Museum in Hyde Park, as well as village of Rhinebeck, NY
