About the SSSL

The Society for the Study of Southern Literature is a nonprofit organization founded in 1967 devoted to scholarship on writings and writers of the American South. Membership is open to all who have an interest in the literature of the South.

SSSL sponsors a number of programs, including:

Bibliography of Southern Literature: an ongoing bibliographic record of all books and articles by and about southern writers. Headquartered at Mississippi State University, the project produces an annual annotated bibliography published by Mississippi Quarterly.

The SSSL Biannual Conference: a conference with papers and discussion panels--and other activities--at different sites throughout the South.

The SSSL Newsletter: published twice a year in April and November, the Newsletter keeps SSSL members up-to-date on Society programs, news of southern literature and writers, and a bibliography of recent books published in the fields of Southern culture, African-American studies, and Southern literature.

SSSL Conference Panels: the SSSL sponsors panels lively and provocative panels for meetings of leading literary conferences, including the Modern Language Association, South Central Modern Language Association, and the American Literature Association.

The SSSL has a website at http://www.uark.edu/ua/sssl/ (hosted and maintained by the University of Arkansas).