Bartleby in Byblos: Not Reading Now

How do emergent/traditional forms of nonreading shape literary discourses and the political commons? Topics: censorship, banned books, reader-refusal, audio books, voice search, reading-optimization-hacks, internet-click-boycotts, retractions, meas-culpa, trigger-warnings, cultural-appropriation, MentorBox, canon cold wars. 250 word abstracts.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, 15 March 2019

Brendan Beirne, independent scholar (brendan.beirne@gmail.com )