[Patrick Chura]

The non-profit digital scholarly database The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a scholarly online resource for university-level teaching and research.

We are looking for help in expanding our offerings in the field of African American Literature and Culture.  

We’re interested in commissioning reference essays (c. 2,000-2,500 words) in the general field of African American Literature and Culture.  

We seek essays from both established scholars and advanced graduate students.  

Currently our collection of articles on African American works and authors is incomplete but growing. Examples of articles still needed include critical biographies of Martin Delany, Alain Locke, Ntozake Shange, and Toni Cade Bambara. We also seek essays on major works such as C.W. Chesnutt\’s The Marrow of Tradition, Hurston\’s Jonah’s Gourd Vine, and Gwendolyn Brooks’s A Street in Bronzeville.     

Detailed information on our holdings can be found on our searchable homepage at https://www.litencyc.com/ 

As co-editor the African American Literature and Culture volume, I invite interested scholars to contact me with questions or essay proposals at jpc@uakron.edu  

Thank you,

Patrick Chura, Ph.D.

University of Akron

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