• Testimonials

    The WLA has provided an invaluable intellectual home for me as I have worked to forge a professional identity over the course of my time in graduate school.
    Alex Young, 2018
    Taylor Award recipient 2010 and EC Member 2018–2021

Photo Galleries

Photo gallery archives

Conference 2014 in Victoria, British Columbia: Flickr photostream (most of the event photos were taken by Johannes Fehrle)

Conference 2013 in Berkeley, California: Flickr photostream (thanks to Ashley Reis, Evelyn Funda, Susanne George Bloomfield, Sabine Barcatta, and—mostly—to the banquet photographer Ashley Wheeler)

Conference 2012 in Lubbock, Texas: Flickr photostream.

Conference 2011 in Missoula, Montana: Flickr photostream.

Conference 2010 in Prescott, Arizona: Flickr photostream.

 

 

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Western Literature Association Conference,
Spearfish, South Dakota, 2009

The photographs were provided by Sabine Barcatta, David Fenimore, Bill Handley, and Christie Smith.

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Western Literature Association Conference,
Boulder, Colorado, 2008
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Western Literature Association Conference,
Tacoma, Washington, 2007

Readers Theater 2007:
Paint Your Wagon!

Western Literature Association Conference,
Boise, Idaho, 2006

Readers Theater 2006

Western Literature Association Conference,
Los Angeles, California, 2005

Western Literature Association Conference,
Big Sky, Montana, 2004

Photographs of scenery surrounding the conference site and various snapshots of WLA members

Western Literature Association Conference,
Big Sky, Montana, 2004

Photographs of conference events, including paper presentations and plenary speakers

Western Literature Association Conference,
Big Sky, Montana, 2004

Photographs of social events, including receptions and pictures of WLA members dancing

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