The American Literature Association held a highly successful convention in Boston on May 25-27, 2023, thirty-four years after a hundred or so Americanists gathered in San Diego in the first meeting of the organization. Olivia Carr Edenfield did a magnificent job of administering nearly a thousand speakers into an orderly process presenting a dozen panels in each time period for three days. Her staff of assistants were unfailingly courteous and efficient, reflecting her own professional demeanor, and everyone marveled at how smoothly activities moved from formal panels to business meetings to receptions for hundreds of people. All of the members of ALA owe Olivia and her staff an enormous debt of gratitude along with our admiration for a difficult job well done. Under the outstanding leadership of Alfred Bendixen, ALA has clearly recovered from the epidemic crisis and the prohibition on academic travel, and the 2024 conference in Chicago promises...
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