Dear Council: I'm almost certainly going to miss the Council meeting on Friday November 16 due to a flight I'm taking to visit my old dissertation advisor in Maine that day. I'd tried to book it later in the evening but there weren't flights. I'd be arriving at a tiny airport in Rockland, Maine right around when the meeting starts, and with all the fuss of seeing an old mentor after more than a decade, I doubt I'm going to be able to join the Hangout. I'm bringing my headphones just in case it works out--there's a chance I could maybe join late. Sorry! Elisa -- Elisa Beshero-Bondar, PhD Associate Professor of English University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg Humanities Division 150 Finoli Drive Greensburg, PA 15601 USA E-mail: ebb8@pitt.edu