[Englecturers] FYI: Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poetry

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Dear friends,

Here's an opportunity to write the entry on Gay Male American Poetry,
Lesbian American Poetry, or American Poetry and the Visual Arts. See below.
The drawback is that the entry needs to be completed by the end of June.
Please let me know if you're interested, and I'll forward your name to James
McCorkle and Jeff Gray, editors of this encyclopedia, which promises to be a
landmark.

Best to all,

Steve

Steven Gould Axelrod
Professor of English
Director of Graduate Studies
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
951 780 5653 (home phone) 

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From: mccorkle at capital.net [mailto:mccorkle at capital.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 9:52 AM
To: steven.axelrod at ucr.edu
Subject: Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poetry


Dear Steven,

While I hope to touch base with you at the ALA in just a day or so, I did
want to query you regarding two unfulfilled entries.  Our contributor for
the gay/lesbian poetry entry has gone AWOL, thus we are searching for a new
contributor--we hope that you might know of someone willing to take this on
and write such an entry in rather short order--by the end of June.

As the topic entry now stands, it combines gay and lesbian into a rather
long entry--3000 words.  I wonder if we would have more success if it were
split into two topics: gay and lesbian, each 1500-2000 words? One could then
write on either based on one's interest and specialization. If this would
appeal to a graduate student or colleague that you know, please go ahead and
offer this alternate arrangement.  

Just for your info, the topic entries try to provide a general history and
description of the poetry and theoretical context for the poetry and poets. 
The topic entries point readers to specific poets covered by the
encyclopedia as well as referencing other poets not covered, such as younger
poets.  The topic entries avoid analyzing specific poems or careers of
specific poets. 

We have also lost the contributor for the topic of Visual Arts and its
Relation to US poetry. This entry is similar in scope to the gay and lesbian
entry/entries--it should be approximately 2000-2500 words, with an end of
June deadline if possible.

If any one comes to mind as likely writers for these entries, please let
Jeff or myself know. We have greatly appreciated all your assistance in this
project.  I hope to see you during the ALA, and am certainly looking forward
the the MLA panel.

All the best,
James  
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