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Today I am thankful for <s>sending the update email in the correct month </s> getting to work with and promote the magnificent riches of the Eaton Collection each and every day here at UCR.</div>
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Another short and sweet update as we wind down towards the end of the year — starting with some very exciting new arrivals: </div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><b>Nalo Hopkinson</b> sent us another box of materials to add to<a href="https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8v411jm/entire_text/" id="LPlnk987345" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8v411jm/entire_text/" data-auth="NotApplicable"> her
archive here</a>. It's not yet processed, but I can share that the materials included annotated manuscripts, notes, and sketches. Stay tuned for more info! </div>
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I'm reupping not one, but two CfPs: </div>
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<div class="elementToProof" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the first for the return of an in-person<b> Eaton Conference</b>, scheduled for
<b>April 4th-5th, 2025</b>! <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVXufNHQQFN00hrpVBOOsl2jMpv5-_ss/view" target="_blank" id="LPlnkOWA2b4e8348-f99a-ad8e-8c4d-7067b8bdc595" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AVXufNHQQFN00hrpVBOOsl2jMpv5-_ss/view" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">
24-25 Conference CFP.pdf - Google Drive</a>. The deadline is approaching soon, so do get your panel/paper ideas in.</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">the second for the next issue of
<b>Vector: the Journal of the British Science Fiction Association</b>: <a href="https://vector-bsfa.com/2024/09/14/cfp-the-future-of-food/" target="_blank" id="LPlnkOWA55118526-5f2e-a941-5c5a-c37ce2d077e3" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://vector-bsfa.com/2024/09/14/cfp-the-future-of-food/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;">
Issue 301, ‘The Future of Food’—Call for proposals (vector-bsfa.com)</a></span></div>
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Finally, do make sure to register (for free!) for the <b>virtual Eaton Symposium</b>, taking place on<b> January 8th</b>:
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2025 Virtual Eaton Symposium Tickets, Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM | Eventbrite</a>. Our keynote speakers are<b> Steven Barnes</b> and
<b>Tananarive Due</b>, and we have an amazing line-up of authors, editors, and SF community members on our panels!<br>
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Wishing you all a wonderful holiday break — and see you in December. </div>
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Warmth and light, </div>
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<u>Recommended short story(!) of the month:</u><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Rachael K. Jones,
<b><i>Five Views of the Planet Tartarus </i></b>(2024): <a href="https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/five-views-of-the-planet-tartarus/" id="LPlnk" class="OWAAutoLink" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Five Views of the Planet Tartarus - Lightspeed Magazine</a></span></div>
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Office: 951.827.2840 | phoenix.alexander@ucr.edu</div>
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water, and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, LuisenŢo, and Serrano peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students,
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