The Literary Encyclopedia at www.litencyc.com is looking for qualified writers to enhance its coverage of postwar and contemporary American poetry. Following is a list of poets for whom we are seeking introductory essays of ca. 2500 words covering biography and historical context and giving a brief overview of relevant works. The list below is not comprehensive or final, and new proposals of writers/works/context essays that are not currently listed in our database are also welcome. In addition to articles on canonical or frequently taught literary works, the Encyclopedia hopes to make available information about writers and works that have not received proper attention, and to publish articles about movements, theories, concepts, themes and historical events that are relevant to literary understanding. Entries are needed for the following figures:

Vito Acconci

Will Alexander

Sherman Alexie

Bruce Andrews

Rae Armantrout

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Ted Berrigan

Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge

Bill Berkson

Jen Bervin

Sherwin Bitsui

Christian Bök

Joe Brainard

William Bronk

John Cage

Clark Coolidge

Cid Corman

Gregory Corso

Mónica de la Torre

Linh Dinh

Craig Dworkin

Kari Edwards

Kenward Elmslie

Clayton Eshleman

Kenneth Fearing

Santee Frazier

Baroness Else von Freytag-Loringhoven

Benjamin Friedlander

Forrest Gander

Abraham Lincoln Gillespie

Kenneth Goldsmith

Nada Gordon

Jorie Graham

Robert Grenier

Barbara Guest

Donald Hall

Robert Hayden

Cathy Park Hong

Fanny Howe

P. Inman

Kenneth Irby

Ronald Johnson

Patricia Spears Jones

June Jordan

Douglas Kearney

Joanne Kyger

Jackson Mac Low

Robert Kelly

Myung Mi Kim

August Kleinzahler

Philip Lamantia

Ann Lauterbach

Li-Young Lee

Tan Lin

Mina Loy

Nathaniel Mackey

Steve McCaffery

Thomas McGrath

David Melnick

Paul Metcalf

Ange Mlinko

K. Silem Mohammad

Tracie Morris

Harryette Mullen

Eileen Myles

Maggie Nelson

Alice Notley

George Oppen

Simon Ortiz

Ron Padgett

Michael Palmer

M. NourbeSe Philip

Vanessa Place

Bern Porter

Sun Ra

Claudia Rankine

Carl Rakosi

Joan Retallack

Jerome Rothenberg

Aram Saroyan

Gustav Sobin

Juliana Spahr

Jack Spicer

Arthur Sze

John Taggart

Nathaniel Tarn

Dennis Tedlock

Edwin Torres

Rodrigo Toscano

Keith Waldrop

Rosmarie Waldrop

Anne Waldman

Lewis Warsh

Hannah Weiner

Philip Whalen

Orlando White

Simone White

Hannah Weiner

John Wieners

Jonathan Williams

C. D. Wright

Jay Wright

John Yau

The overwhelming majority of our contributors are academic scholars, while the remaining are highly endorsed doctoral students and independent researchers. All contributions will be peer-reviewed.

More detailed information on the Encyclopedia – including its publishing model, editorial policies, specific information for authors, etc. – can be found on its homepage at www.litencyc.com, under the ABOUT tab. We hope that you will wish to join us in expanding this enterprise. If you wish to contribute, please contact the volume editor(s) for American (US) Writing and Culture, Dale Fancher Enggass (dale.enggass@utah.edu) and Justin Parks (justin.parks@uit.no), or the managing editor, Dr Cristina Sandru (cristinasandrulitencyc@gmail.com).