Under contract with the University Press of Mississippi; co-edited with Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler.

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FULL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 1, 2023

CONTACT: AnAmericanGirlAnthology@gmail.com

ABOUT THE EDITORS: 

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler is a folklorist and writer who earned her MA in Folklore from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2021. She is a staff writer at Lilith Magazine and her thesis research will be featured in the upcoming inaugural issue of the journal of Jewish Folklore and Ethnology from Wayne State University Press. Other bylines include Southern Cultures, the Bitter Southerner, and the New York Times. She presented “American Girl, the Business of Self-Expression, and the Future of Nostalgia” at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in October 2021 with the support of a jointly-awarded scholarship from the Independent and Women’s Folklorists sections.

Dr. KC Hysmith is a food scholar and writer who earned her PhD in American Studies from UNC-Chapel Hill and her MLA in Gastronomy from Boston University. She is the associate editor of Edible North Carolina: A Journey Across a State of Flavor (UNC Press 2022). Other bylines include Gastronomica, Food52, The Boston Globe, and Southern Cultures. She is also the social media director for the Museum of Food and Drink in New York City.