Hans Ostrom

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Hans Ansgar Ostrom
Born (1954-01-29) January 29, 1954 (age 71)
Sierra City, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis
OccupationsAuthor, editor, educator

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]

Works

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  • 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Collins Memorial Library · University of Puget Sound". Archived from the original on 2009-12-07. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  2. ^ Review of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: Martha E. Stone (2006), Reference & User Services Quarterly, JSTOR 20864577
  3. ^ Review of A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia: Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper (2003), African American Review, JSTOR 1512375
  4. ^ Review of Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction: R. Baxter Miller (2004), African American Review, JSTOR 4134431
  5. ^ Review of Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction: Klaus H. Schmidt (1998), Amerikastudien, JSTOR 41157407
  6. ^ "Read by Author | Ploughshares". Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
  7. ^ Review of Colors of a Different Horse: S. Strang (1998), Issues in Writing, [1]
  8. ^ Review of Forgotten African American Firsts: Amy Shaw (2023), School Library Journal, [2]

Sources

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  • "Hans Ostrom", Contemporary Authors, New Series, Vol. 43 (Detroit: Gale Research, 1998)
  • Choice, December 1993, review of Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction, p. 605
  • S. A. Vega Garcia, Choice, October 2002, review of A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia, p. 257
  • Review of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature, Library Journal, 2005
  • Review of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature, School Library Journal, March 2005
  • "Hans Ostrom", in Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers (New York: Poets and Writers, 1998–present)
  • Wendy Bishop, Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem (New York: Longman, 1999); includes several poems by Ostrom
  • Will Hochman, "The Ongoing Legacy of Wendy Bishop Is In Our Stories: Review of The Subject is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers, Edited by Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom", Across the Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, Literature, and Writing (2004)
  • David Herbert Donald, "Good Race Men: Review of Short Stories of Langston Hughes", The New York Times, September 1, 1996
  • Greenwood Press: Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (2005), edited by Hans Ostrom and J David Macey: excerpts from multiple reviews: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR2972.aspx
  • ERIC abstract of Colors of a Different Horse: Rethinking Creative Writing Theory and Pedagogy, edited by Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom.
  • Rita Dove, "Poet's Choice", Washington Post (column by Rita Dove), May 20, 2001, includes "Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven", a poem by Hans Ostrom.