Hans Ostrom
American literary scholar
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Hans Ansgar Ostrom (born January 29, 1954) is an American scholar, currently a professor of African American Studies and English at the University of Puget Sound (1983–present). He is known for his authorship of various books on African-American studies and creative writing, and novels including Three to Get Ready, Honoring Juanita, and Without One, as well as The Coast Starlight: Collected Poems 1976–2006.[1]
BornJanuary 29, 1954
Sierra City, California, U.S.
AlmamaterUniversity of California, Davis
OccupationsAuthor, editor, educator
Hans Ansgar Ostrom | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 29, 1954 Sierra City, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Davis |
| Occupations | Author, editor, educator |
Works
- The Coast Starlight: Collected Poems 1976-2006 (Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, 2006) ISBN 978-1-59858-102-7
- Honoring Juanita: A Novel (Congruent Angle Press, 2010).
- Co-editor, with J. David Macey, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005): 5 volumes.[2]
- A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2002);[3]
- Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction (New York: Twayne, 1993);[4][5]
- With Wendy Bishop and Katharine Haake, Metro: Journeys in Writing Creatively (New York: Longman, 2001)
- Subjects Apprehended (Johnstown, Ohio: Pudding House Press, 2000);
- Three to Get Ready (Oakland: Cliffhanger, 1991).
- Co-editor, with Wendy Bishop, The Subject Is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers (Boyton-Cook/Heineman, 2003).
- "To War Again" (poem), Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought
- "The Green Bird" (short story), Ploughshares (Winter 1986)[6]
- "Guest Post: Hans Ostrom on the Next Decade in Book Culture", Critical Mass, January 8, 2010
- Without One: A Novel (Congruent Angle Press, 2012).
- With William Haltom, Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" in the Age of Pseudocracy, New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2018. ISBN 9781351013871
- With Wendy Bishop, Colors of a Different Horse: Rethinking Creative Writing Theory and Pedagogy. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994. ISBN 978-0814107164[7]
- With J. David Macey, Forgotten African American Firsts: An Encyclopedia of Pioneering History. Westport: Greenwood Publishers, 2023.ISBN 978-1-4408-7535-9[8]