Thursday, September 4, 2008

Call for Manuscripts

With the encouragement of quality research presentations and possible manuscript submissions on the table, I believe this is ideal time to spread the word of another possible publication: I am currently collecting poems for an anthology of two contrasting lifestyles in America -- the simplicity of isolated rural communities; and the complexity of fast-paced multicultural urban communities. My goal is to collect enough poems to equally represent both cornerstones of American life and living. Ethnicity and race play a subtle but quite interpretive role -- the concentration of various races in any given city, and the lack of multiple races in most rural environments. Both deserve equal representation, but need not follow the "one person one vote" concept praised by Guinier. Any interests? Any questions? If so, let me know, and I'll give you the details. With a little bit of alliteration in mind, the title of the anthology will be "Concrete and Crops."

2 comments:

Jason Young said...

Excellent title! Still, I wouldn't be surprised if you find that rural life is just as complicated and messy as life in urban centers.

Katie said...

That is a good title!