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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dearest creatures,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I believe it’s safe to go ahead and announce that the 30th Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf will take place from June 11th to June 14th, 2020. The University of South Dakota (Vermillion, South
Dakota) will host the event, and yours truly will play the role of organizer. Details will follow soon, but mark your calendars! Summer 2020 will be here before we know it. Our cozy town here in the southeastern corner of South Dakota looks very forward to
welcoming you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I look forward to seeing and catching up with many of you in Cincinnati, OH during the 29th Annual Conference—organized by Drew Shannon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hoping this news finds you well,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ben<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Benjamin D. Hagen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Assistant Professor | 20th-Century British and Anglophone Literature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">University of South Dakota | Department of English<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dakota Hall, Room 212 | 414 E. Clark St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Vermillion, SD 57069 | United States<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">—<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:benjamin.hagen@usd.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">benjamin.hagen@usd.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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