Squint Presents at ASAIL

On April 3-4, Dr. Kirstin Squint and English M.A. (Multicultural and Transnational Literature concentration) alumnus, Aries Farrington, presented at the online Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures conference. Squint’s paper, “‘The Walking Dead Already’: LeAnne Howe’s The Lady of Cofitachequi,” continues her exploration of work by the contemporary Choctaw author. Aries, now a doctoral student in the English literature program at the University of New Hampshire, gave a presentation entitled, “Monstrous Manifestations: Exploring Generational Trauma and Healing in Jessica Johns’ Bad Cree.”

ASAIL is a professional organization created to promote the study, criticism, and research of American Indian written and oral literary traditions. This year’s conference was themed “Indigenous Gothic, Ghosts, and Speculative Fiction.”