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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>The Hispanic Literature division of the RSA and the Society of Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry are jointly sponsoring panels on:</b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b style="">Poetry and the City</b></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This forum will explore poetry as a social practice that transcends the search of aristocratic status.
<span style=""> </span>We invite submissions that examine the multiple roles of poetry in city life; urban themes and imagery; and poetry and the bourgeoisie. Please send 150-word abstracts and 1-page CVs to all three of the following by May 20, 2013: Laura
Bass (<a href="mailto:Laura_Bass@brown.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">Laura_Bass[at]brown.edu</span></a>), Ignacio Navarrete (ignacio[at]berkeley.edu) and Elizabeth Pettinaroli (pettinarolie[at]rhodes.edu.)</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3">All the best,</font>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Elizabeth M. Pettinaroli</font></div>
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