Special Section on Lifewriting & Islam

For Volume 5, Lifewriting Annual seeks critical and scholarly essays and reviews for a special section dedicated to lifewriting as it intersects with Islam across time and the world. We invite submissions that engage with representations of Islam and Islamic culture in/through biography, autobiography, essays, memoirs, journals, diaries, and letters for this annual publication in book form. We are particularly interested in articles describing and assessing scholarly resources for biographical writing, i.e. collections of manuscripts and letters. Creative pieces combining a lifewriting genre with another genre are welcome for our "Crossings" section. Deadline for initial copy is 30 October 2014. Submissions should follow Chicago Manual of Style 16th ed. (author/date format). Essays no longer than 15,000 words; book reviews, 1,000-1,500 words. Use Word format and send as email attachment to CDBL@Brown.edu. Email inquiries welcome.

Other topics relating to lifewriting also will be considered for this issue. Lifewriting Annual is a forum for the discussion of all aspects of lifewriting—theoretical, critical, and scholarly. We hope its broad scope fosters lively discussions about the ways that various forms of lifewriting inform each other. For more information, consult the website: http://www.amspressinc.com/lifewriting.html