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• Thinking About New Orleans: A Series About New Orleans Writers Post Katrina
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Annual Membership Meeting: May 29th, 2013

Panel: New Literary Journals: May 29th, 2013

Panel: The VIDA Count and Gender Bias in Book Reviewing: May 29th, 2013

Panel: Ethics of Book Reviewing: May 30th, 2013

NBCC / ZYZZYVA Mixer: June 13th, 2013

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