Dr. Melanie A Marotta

Thanks so much!

Thank you for your interest. Unfortunately, this is an in house talk only.

Save the date! @jessmaddox.bsky.social (Zoom) talks about Taylor Swift on Oct. 31 in Tucker 127A, William & Mary

African American Adolescent Female Heroes In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young ad...

My book is on sale!

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Books on the UP of Mississippi are 50% off (including pre-orders!), AND you’ll receive free US shipping with no minimum purchase required! This sale will run from August 6 through August 15.

@middleagewitch.bsky.social and I would like to thank everyone who submitted to our call for papers. The call has now concluded.

@middleagewitch.bsky.social & I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror (so many amazing books from women writers coming out this month!)

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

@intellectbooks.bsky.social

Review | How 2000s pop culture taught us that sex is a currency In “Girl on Girl,” Sophie Gilbert turns a critical eye on misogyny without settling into outrage or pity.

Girl on Girl is out today! And got the review of my literal dreams from the Washington Post—I am truly a bit emotional at someone seeing what I was trying to do with the book so clearly. wapo.st/3ECIW0t

The panel, Gothic II, remains open for submissions!

Submit by June 30 or until panel is full.

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

#WomensGothic #GothicFilm #GothicHouse #Secrets

I'm on the 1pm panel at #ALABoston

I'm presenting on Saturday #ALA Boston #AfricanAmericanYAHorror

The CFP List An academic call for papers database.

Today's the day!

Submit your Gothic abstracts!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025 @pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406
Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

#WomensGothic #GothicGaming #GothicFilms #GothicNovels

Corpses, Fools and Monsters by Willow Maclay, Caden Gardner: 9781914420580 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A radical history of transness in cinema, and an exploration of the political possibilities of its future. In the history of cinema, trans people are usually murdered, made into a joke, or viewed as ...

Every time there's a Twitter purge, I share the link to my book. I co-authored "Corpses, Fools and Monsters" and it is about transness in cinema. People seem to like it!

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President Donald Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden President Donald Trump has abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

The dismissal was disclosed in statements from three top House Democrats and confirmed by a separate person familiar with the matter.

@middleagewitch.bsky.social & I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror (so many amazing books from women writers coming out this month!)

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

@intellectbooks.bsky.social

The CFP List An academic call for papers database.

Submit your Gothic abstracts by May 15! It's coming up fast!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406
Submit: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

#WomensGothic #EcoGothic #GothicGaming

Submit your gothic abstracts by May 15!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406

Submit here: pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/19483

The CFP List An academic call for papers database.

UPenn site has been updated, so you can now find our CFP for the Horror Studies special issue on women and horror here: cfplist.com/CFP/44405

@intellectbooks.bsky.social @melanieamarotta.bsky.social

The CFP List An academic call for papers database.

New link: Cfplist.com/CFP/44405

The CFP List An academic call for papers database.

New link to cfp: www.cfplist.com/CFP/44406

African American Adolescent Female Heroes In the wake of the second wave of the Black Lives Matter movement, inequalities and disparities were brought to light across the publishing industry. The need for more diverse, representative young ad...

My book is on sale at @upmississippi.bsky.social
Code PCA2025 for 30% off.

www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/Afri...

‪Deadline is 1 month from today! Submit your gothic abstracts!

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the 2025
@pamlaorg.bsky.social conference in San Francisco.

See link:

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/...

I am so excited to be working on this special issue of Horror Studies with @melanieamarotta.bsky.social
Send more cops, or, you know, abstracts.

Education Department Is Threatening to Cut All Federal Funding for Maine Schools The Trump administration has been targeting Maine since the president sparred with Gov. Janet Mills over transgender athletes at the White House in February.

The Department of Education said on Friday that it was moving to cut off all federal funding for Maine’s public schools because the state had ignored President Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams.

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@melanieamarotta.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies on post-2010 horror texts by women. Abstracts due August 1st call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

Our call for papers is out! @middleagewitch.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue of Horror Studies: Women and Horror

@intellectbooks.bsky.social

Abstract submission date: August 1, 2025

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/04/...

I am chairing the Gothic standing session at the @pamlaorg.bsky.social 2025 conference in San Francisco. Deadline for abstracts is May 15!

See link for more info:

call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/03/...

PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...

PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

Submissions Call for Ecofiction Reprint Stories Apex Book Company is seeking submissions for a reprint anthology, ECO24: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction. Stories must be complete reprints between 1,000 and 6,000 words, published during th…

Submissions Call for Ecofiction Reprint Stories locusmag.com/2025/02...