Encyclopedia

"Each contributor received a list of five words, beginning with A, B, C, D and E. Many of the five words were directed toward the specific writer/artist. Others were chance provocations. Entries could take any form, as long as they were between one sentence and 4,000 words, and as long as they, in some way, sought to address our initial inquiry: what occurs under the sign of fiction? ... The contributors--writers, activists, musicians, students, critics, poets, visual artists, theorists, performance artists, teachers--offer answers in many forms: short stories, experimental prose, photography, plays, woodcuts, essays, a rebus, blog excerpts, email exchanges, paintings, letters, drawings, lists and digital video stills. Our interpretive cross-referencing system connects these entries intuitively, fashioning conversations between disparate images and texts. ... Our commitment [is] to publishing at least one-half contributors of color ..."--Volume 1, Page [7]. "[T]he second volume of the Encyclopedia Project. The 209 entries in Vol. 2, submitted by 152 contributors, reinvigorate the encyclopedia form with short fiction, critical essays, interviews, fairy tales, drawings, photographs, charts, lists, plays, and more"--Volume 2, Page [1].