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Christopher Newfield’s 2023 MLA Presidential address, "Criticism After This Crisis: Toward a National Strategy for Literary and Cultural Study," was published in Representations 164 (Fall 2023). As the 2024 MLA conference commences, we thought it an opportune time to revisit Newfield's 2023 address,

By Catalina M. de Onís, author of Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto RicoPuerto Rico’s electric energy problems are widely recognized as one of the most pressing issues facing residents. There are two competing visions for the archipelago’s energy future: ong