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The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society's 2026 newsletter is now available for download on our publications page on our website: fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/publications/society-publication/. This Tender Is the Night of newsletters (it feels like it took 9 years to pull together) covers our upcoming Rome conference, last year's Gatsby centennial, and our current board election. After 36 years of printing the newsletter, we've decided to go PDF only due to rising costs we would rather reallocate to graduate student funding. Just scroll down and you'll see a link to download the newsletter in all its hi-res glory!
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Fabulous newsletter. Lots of work went into this one.
To be published in the latest edition in a picture of Jack Bryer is the highlight of the year! Thanks. I'm sorry I didn't send you this one to include.
Just a quick reminder:
We need members of the Fitzgerald Society to vote for the new board! After a little less than two weeks with voting open, we're at roughly 1/4 of society members having submitted ballots. Only about two weeks and a few days to go! Do it for the suffragettes!
Remember, there are three ways to vote:
Click the following link and fill out the online ballot. Please make sure you include your name. Votes unaccompanied by names will not be counted: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx...
Fill in the ballot that is on the final page of the pdf available at the following link and email to Kirk at kcurnutt@troy.edu: fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/.../fitzgerald...
Mail a physical copy of the ballot page to Kirk c/o Department of English, Troy University, Troy Alabama 36082.
Please note: voting is open until August 15. You must have paid your Society dues within the past year to vote. If you have any questions about the status of your membership, please email Kirk as well.
We want to thank again everyone nominated to guide the organization into the next chapter of our history.
Also, don't forget: abstracts for our next conference in Rome 21-28 June 2027 are due Sept 1 to Martina at martinamastandrea@gmail.com
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The best thing about democracy is that you get what you deserve. The worst thing about democracy is that you get what you deserve. Make sure you vote.
The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society mourns the passing of Prof. Doug Sheldon of the University of Illinois Chicago, shown here at left in June 2025 during our Gatsby centennial conference on the lawn of 6 Gateway Drive, where Fitzgerald began his most famous novel. Doug was a great scholar and writer who was working with us on a very original take on second language acquisition in Tender Is the Night when his health suddenly failed in recent weeks. Alongside his colleague and good friend Ross Tangedal (right), he was in the process of reviving Sherwood Anderson studies by serving as that society's president. A mentee of Robert Trogdon, he attended many of our conferences (along with Hemingway Society ones) and was a regular at American Literature Association meetings. Our condolences go to his wife and family.
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Voting is now open for the new iteration of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society board. Attached please find candidate statements from our wonderful (and wonderfully accomplished) slate.
There are three ways to vote:
Click the following link and fill out the online ballot. Please make sure you include your name. Votes unaccompanied by names will not be counted: forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=rUucIBTfckGH3wYPhPAaEQ8NZVp5PrBAuSdnvL1xeDlURjFSQ1FRT...
Fill in the ballot that is on the final page of the pdf available at the following link and email to Kirk at kcurnutt@troy.edu: fscottfitzgeraldsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/fitzgerald-society-board-election-ballot-1...
Mail a physical copy of the ballot page to Kirk c/o Department of English, Troy University, Troy Alabama 36082.
Please note: voting is open until August 15. You must have paid your Society dues within the past year to vote. If you have any questions about the status of your membership, please email Kirk as well.
We want to thank again everyone nominated to guide the organization into the next chapter of our history.
Also, don't forget: abstracts for our next conference in Rome 21-28 June 2027 are due Sept 1 to Martina at martinamastandrea@gmail.com
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Funny!!!
From Society member Tom Adams:
If you would like a cute little FSF-related movie, try to see "3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Ghost". It originally premiered on October 7, 2023, as part of Hallmark's seasonal fall programming. Real takeoff on the Gatsby/Fitzgerald theme, "Rich girls don't marry poor boys". Lots of FSF/20s references, costumes, FSF and other author mentions and dancing. Ghost of a flapper named Ruby is in her family's 1920s mansion in present time to keep the place from being sold. Only the realtor can see her. Ruby is in costume with the flapper look the whole time. Some fun when you need a break.
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Greetings from our president, Jackson Bryer!
Board member Erin Templeton during the summer of 2019 in the room in which Scott and Zelda stayed in 1926 in Salies-de-Béarn, France:
Two of our members from Brasil, Marcela Lanius and Roberta Fabbri Viscardi, also in Salies-de-Béarn in 2019 (the last time we could all be together!):
