We are seeking essay proposals for a new collection of scholarly work on Joanne Kyger, “Poet in Place and Time:  Critical Essays on Joanne Kyger.”  Our goal is to deepen and broaden reader’s understanding of Kyger and her writing practice.  Possible topics include, but are not limited to, Kyger and Bolinas, Mexico, or Naropa; Ecopoetics; Bioregionalism; Kyger and poetry movements of the 20th and 21st centuries; Kyger and the experimental; Kyger and multi-media.  Essays should be no longer than 9,000 words in length including notes and works cited.
Please send 300 word proposals to Mary Paniccia Carden, mpcarden@edinboro.edu, and Jane Falk, jefalk@uakron.edu.  Deadline is September 1, 2021.