The forty-first annual convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association will be held at the Marriott City Center Hotel in Minneapolis, 4–6 November 1999. More than 150 sessions are planned, covering a wide range of scholarly and professional topics. The informal theme of the convention is “Witness: The Real, the Unspeakable, and the Construction of Narrative.” One evening plenary session and several forums will be devoted to aspects of this theme.