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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Dear Woolfians:</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>An important reminder: the <STRONG><SPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>deadline</SPAN></STRONG> for getting the early-bird registration discount for the 24th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Writing the World is <STRONG>April 21</STRONG>. This is also the deadline for getting your name in the printed program if you are presenting a paper or workshop or are chairing a panel. </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>You can register by going to <A href="http://www.niu.edu/woolfwritingtheworld/registration/index.shtml"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://www.niu.edu/woolfwritingtheworld/registration/index.shtml</FONT></A> and following the registration instructions. <?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>We are also thrilled--thrilled!--to be able to announce that the conference schedule will be available on the conference web site tomorrow. We hope you agree that the panels and special events promise a lively, enlightening, and fun conference.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Looking forward to welcoming many of you to Chicago in June,</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'></SPAN><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Diana and Pamela<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style='FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Segoe UI","sans-serif"'>Diana L. Swanson and Pamela L. Caughie, co-organizers, 24th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Writing the World</SPAN></P>
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<DIV>Diana L. Swanson, Ph.D.</DIV>
<DIV>Associate Professor of Women's Studies & English<BR>Faculty Associate of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Studies</DIV>
<DIV>Faculty Associate of Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy
<DIV>Northern Illinois University</DIV></DIV>
<DIV>DeKalb, IL 60115<BR>815-753-6611<BR>dswanson@niu.edu </DIV></SPAN></BODY></HTML>