Richard Holeton

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Born (1952-12-28) December 28, 1952 (age 73)
Orange, New Jersey
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Richard Holeton
Born (1952-12-28) December 28, 1952 (age 73)
Orange, New Jersey
Education
Websiterichardholeton.org

Richard Holeton (born December 28, 1952) is an American writer and higher-education administrator. His creative works are foundational in the hypertext and electronic literature genres. As a writer, his most notable work is the hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, which has been recognized as an important early work of electronic literature[1] and is included in the hypertext canon.[2]

A 20th Anniversary Edition of Figurski at Findhorn on Acid, in archival and contemporary versions, was released in 2021 by Washington State University Vancouver’s Electronic Literature Lab.[3] Holeton's work is collected in The NEXT Museum, a digital preservation space.

Holeton's short fiction has appeared in literary journals and anthologies including ZYZZYVA, F(r)iction, Grain, OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters, the Indiana Review, and the Mississippi Review. He also wrote the textbooks Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age and Encountering Cultures: Reading and Writing in a Changing World.

Early life and education

Richard Holeton was born in Orange, New Jersey and was raised in Bellevue, Washington.[4] He earned a BA from Stanford and MA and MFA degrees from San Francisco State University.[5]

Career

After receiving his MA in 1986, Holeton began working as a writing lecturer at San Francisco State University, Cañada College, and Stanford University.[6] He transitioned into working with technology and student computing. He worked to teach language and literature faculty methods of integrating computers into their classroom pedagogy[7] and became an administrator with Stanford University Libraries and residential computing. During this time he was a Director of the New Media Consortium and also worked with EDUCAUSE[8] to co-develop the Learning Space Rating System.[9] Following his retirement from teaching and holding administrative positions at Stanford, Holeton is Assistant Vice Provost for Learning Environments, Emeritus.[5]

In 2014, Holeton was awarded a fellowship from MacDowell, which he spent working in the Schelling studio.[10] He has also received fellowships from the Brown Foundation, California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; as well as the Transatlantic Review Award from the Henfield Foundation.[8][11]

Selected works

Books

Short fiction and multimedia work

  • Velcro World (2022 and 2023)[17]
  • "WAIF OD" (2020, in F(r)iction)[18]
  • "In Denial: A Further Redaction of the Mueller Report" (2019, in The Fictitious Press) Available: fictitiouspress.com
  • "March Madness, 1974" (2018, in Open: Journal of Arts & Letters)[19]
    • Republished in COG, 2018[20]
      • Finalist, COG Page to Screen Awards
  • "Custom Orthotics Changed My Life" (2010, in Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy)[21]
    • Also published by Kairos on YouTube[22]
  • "Calling Fruits and Vegetables" in Fish Anthology 2007: A Paper Heart is Beating, A Paper Boat Sets Sail. Fish Publishing, 2007. ISBN 9780954258665
    • Runner-up, Fish One-Page Prize
  • "Product Placement" (2007, in Mississippi Review)[23]
    • Honorable Mention, 2007 Mississippi Review Prize
  • "Thanks for Covering Your Lane" (2006, in Indiana Review)[24]
    • Finalist, 2005 Indiana Review Fiction Prize
    • Finalist, 2012 California Writers Exchange Award, Poets & Writers
  • "Frequently Asked Questions About 'Hypertext'" (2006, in Electronic Literature Collection)[25]
  • "Understanding Hypertext" (2004, in ZYZZYVA)[26]
  • "Streleski at Findhorn on Acid" (1995, in Grain)[27]
    • First Prize, Short Grain Postcard Story

Poetry

  • "Afterword(s): Take a Book/Leave a Book" (2019, in Forklift, Ohio)[28]
    • Multimedia version, Notre Dame Review, 2020[29]
  • "Sonnetizing the Singularity" (2018, in Unlost: Journal of Found Poetry & Art)[30]

Nonfiction and scholarship

  • "Someone, Somewhere, with Something: The Origins of Figurski" (2021, in Figurski at Findhorn on Acid).[31]
  • "Learning Space Rating System" (2021, in EDUCAUSE)[32]
  • "Toward Inclusive Learning Spaces: Physiological, Cognitive, and Cultural Inclusion and the Learning Space Rating System" (2020, in EDUCAUSE Review)[33]
  • "A Little Transmediation Can Be a Dangerous Thing, or What Happened When I Made a Multimedia Poem from an Artist’s Book" (2019, ELO2019: Electronic Literature Organization Conference & Media Arts Festival, Programme and Book of Abstracts)[34]
  • "How Much is Too Much New Media for the Net Generation?" (2010, in Reading and Writing New Media)[35]
  • "Signposts of the Revolution? What We Talk about When We Talk about Learning Spaces" (2009, in EDUCAUSE Review)[36]
  • "The Net Generation on Campus and Online" (2009, in Talking Stick: The Magazine of the Association of College and University Housing Officers-International)[37]
  • "New Students, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Communities, and the College Residential Experience" (2008, in Residence Life and the New Student Experience)[38]
  • "Windows and Mirrors: Interaction Design, Digital Art, and the Myth of Transparency (book review)" (2005, in Resource Center or Cyberculture Studies)[39]
  • "Constructive 'Noise in the Channel': Effects of Controversial Forwarded E-mail in a College Residential and Virtual Community" (1999, in ED-MEDIA)[40]
  • "The Semi-Virtual Composition Classroom: A Model for Techno-Amphibians" (1997, in The Technology Source (Horizon Project))[41]
  • "Amadeus (theater review)" (1987, in Palo Alto Weekly)[42]
  • "Family Life in the 80s from a Gay Perspective" (1986, in Palo Alto Weekly)[43]
  • "Stanford Waits for Godot: Celebrating Samuel Beckett at 80 (book review)" (1986, in Palo Alto Weekly)[44]
  • "An Unauthorized Peek Behind the Iron Curtain" (1985, in Palo Alto Weekly)[45]

Selected criticism

See also

References

External links

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