Passing along a call for papers

[redbird]

I found this call for papers on Octavia Butler's work in nnaloh's blog.

This volume aims to bring together for the first time a comprehensive collection of critical essays on Butler’s writing. The anthology will combine previously published work that was influential in shaping much of feminist and – more recently – queer debates on Butler’s fiction with new scholarship engaging with Butler’s writing. Those approaches may involve readings of any of Butler’s works in terms of e.g. feminist theory, queer theory, science fiction studies, postcolonial theory, lesbian and gay studies, and critical race studies.

E-mail proposals for new articles as attachments to:
Patricia Melzer
Women’s Studies, Temple University
pmelzer@temple.edu
phone: 215.204.6953

Deadline for proposals (ca. 1000 words): March 30, 2007
Deadline for full manuscripts (ca. 8000 words): June 15, 2007

Comments

[callunav.livejournal.com]

Post to whileaway?

[redbird]

Please do. (Feel free to link here if you like; I'm not in that community.)

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

This is interesting. I'm holding off on reviewing an anthology I read a few weeks ago because I need to do research to uphold my conclusions. But the anthology's editor, Sheree Thomas, claims in the introduction that there's been enough critical work on Butler and Delany already, and that there should be critical work on other black authors, and that's why she put the anthology together. Nalo has two stories in this anthology.