Call
For Papers |
Dr.
Shaleen Singh, the Chief Editor of Creative Saplings is editing a book
on Stephen Gill, a renowned award-winning poet. The book is tentatively
titled Essays on the Poetry of Stephen Gill. Contributions for this book are invited on any aspect of his poetry before the end of September 2008, preferably by email in MS Word. Research papers should conform to the MLA Style Sheet. Every contributor will receive a complimentary copy of Essays on the Poetry of Stephen Gill that is planned to be off the press before the end of 2008. Stephen Gill is an established name, because of his passion to build bridges of beauty and peace with his poetry. His latest book The Flame 152 pages, is the longest poem in English on modern terrorism. The poem is divided into sixty-two cantos. For detailed information about him, please visit his web site www.stephengill.ca. |
StephenGill,
Dr. (Email: stephengill@cogeco.ca
) Box 32, Cornwall, Ont. K6H 5R9 Canada Web:www.stephengill.ca(Tel.
613-932-7735) Ansted Poet Laureate |
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Abhidhanantar
& Poetrywala, a reputed publishing house has published
Path-breaking poetry in Marathi, English and translated works since the
past one and half decade. Abhidhanantar-a quarterly, is one of the most respected literary magazines in Marathi today. As a publishing house, Abhidhanantar has contributed immensely in giving Marathi a global presence by publishing significant contemporary poetry in Marathi. Its English imprint Poetrywala- has published books of poetry of established as well as fresh voices in English. We are pleased to inform you that Abhidhanantar & Poetrywala is launching Poetrywala, a half yearly literary journal dedicated to serious literature and arts in English. POETRYWALA will provide the much-needed space for new creative and critical writing in Indian languages in the form of translations as well as original writings in English. We hope it will be highly instrumental in building bridges between existing cultures, regions, languages and nations. We would really appreciate your involvement in this endeavour. We request you to send in your poems (in English), writings or essays along with your short bio-data for the first issue of Poetrywala. A consent letter from you to publish your work in Poetrywala would be mandatory. ** The subject of the first issue is -NEW WRITING IN INDIAN LANGAUGES. You can reach us via e-mail: poetrywala@hotmail.com Or by post or courier on the address: Hemant Divate Abhidhanantar & Poetrywala 1701/1702, 6A- The Whispering Palms, Lokhandwala Township, Kandivali(East), Mumbai-400101. Tel-9821035103 |
Call
for Papers for the edited anthology of Critical Essays
tentatively titled Human Geographies: Towards
an understanding of Diasporic Subjectivity co-edited by Ujjwal
Jana, and Aparajita De, Amrita Ghosh.
In this anthology of essays, tentatively titled Human Geographies: Towards an understanding of Diasporic Subjectivity, we are interested to explore the importance of "positionality and location" (to use Lata Mani's phrase), personal history, and the impacts of multiple geopolitical transplantations in the development of identity and subjectivity in the fictional works of postcolonial writers of the diaspora. We are particularly interested in South Asian female writers belonging or having affiliations to the Caribbean, South African, Australian, British, American and the Canadian diaspora. We invite 20 page essays (and interviews) examining the inflections of subjectivity in works of the diasporic writers Individual essays should include (although they should not be limited) in exploring the above themes in the writers mentioned. Submissions are due by October 15, 2008. Essays should comply with the MLA format and should not be beyond 20 pages (Plus End noted and Works Cited) double spaced, 12 point font, and in Times New Roman. Brief abstracts (250 words) and bio (50 words) with your research interests and professional affiliations in MS Word format are due by July 30, 2008 to any one of us: Ujjwal Jana, Visiting Faculty,Indiana University,USA Email: ujjwal_jn@yahoo.co.in Amrita Ghosh, Drew University, USA Email: aghosh@drew.edu Aparajita De, West Virginia University,USA Email: ade@mix.wvu.edu Forwarded by: K. V. Dominic |