[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Arab American Entries for Encyclopedia (5/1/06; encyclopedia)

[Nazan Haydari]

all for Contributions

Arab American Entries in Encyclopedia of American
Ethnic Literature

Scholars of Arab American literature are invited to
contribute articles 
to
be included in the Encyclopedia of American Ethnic
Literature, a 
5-volume
set in which Arab American entries will become part of
the Asian 
American
volume. The Encyclopedia will be published in late
2006 by Facts On 
File,
a New York publisher of reference books for high
school and college
students (www.factsonfile.com).

The authors that I would like to see covered include
Diane Abu-Jaber (Arabian Jazz)
Lawrence Joseph
Samuel Hazo (The Quiet Wars)
Vance Bourjaily (Brill Among the Ruins)
Khalil Gibran (The Prophet)
Naomi Shihab Nye
Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

Entries range between 500-800 words, and each
contributor may write one 
or
several entries. Contributors who write a total of
3,000 published 
words
or more will receive a copy of the five-volume set
(tentatively priced 
at
$325); those who write less will receive five copies
of their entry or
entries and will have an option to buy the set or the
Asian American
volume at half price. All payments will be made at the
time of 
publication
of the Encyclopedia.

If you are interested in participating in this project
for high school 
and
young college students, please contact Seiwoong Oh
(editor in charge of
the Asian American volume) by email. Please include a
list of authors 
you
are interested in writing about, as well as a short
bio; your daytime
phone number; and your e-mail and regular mail
addresses. Deadline for
entries: May 1, 2006. Preference will be given to
those who can send in
their entries early, before the deadline.

Seiwoong Oh, Ph. D., Professor and Chair, Department
of English, Rider
University, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ
08648-3099, USA.
E-mail: oh at rider.edu

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