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John Lewis Englehardt III (born May 23, 1987) is an American fiction writer and educator. His debut novel is Bloomland.
John Lewis Englehardt III | |
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 Englehardt in 2015 | |
| Born | May 23, 1987 Fort Hood, Texas |
| Occupation | Writer, educator, novelist |
| Alma mater | Seattle University, University of Arkansas |
| Spouse |
Katharine Toombs (m. 2017) |
| Website | |
| johnenglehardt | |
Life and career edit
Englehardt earned a BA in creative writing from Seattle University and a MFA from the University of Arkansas.[1] Englehardt taught English composition and creative writing classes at the University of Arkansas while completing his MFA.[2] After completing his MFA, Englehardt worked as a contributing editor at Pacifica Literary Review,[3] and was selected as a 2015 Made at Hugo House Fellow.[4]
His debut novel Bloomland was published by Dzanc Books in 2019.[5] His writing has appeared in Sycamore Review, The Stranger, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Monkeybicycle, and The Seattle Review of Books,[6] among other publications.[7][8] Englehardt currently teaches writing classes at Hugo House,[9] a Seattle-based non-profit writing center.
Critical reception edit
Kirkus Reviews describes Bloomland as "Hugely important, hauntingly brutal" and states, "Englehardt has just announced himself as one of America’s most talented emerging writers."[10] Kristen Millares Young of The Washington Post writes, "“Bloomland” juxtaposes the proximate with the predator, intermingling their perspectives until the flickering becomes a bloody tapestry of our beleaguered nation."[11] In The Literary Review, Jeff Bursey states, "writing a relatively non-polemical debut novel about a student who shoots others at his campus would be difficult to do, but John Englehardt, in Bloomland, has achieved this feat."[12] Publishers Weekly describes the novel as "potent" and states, "Englehardt’s debut poses timely, difficult questions."[13]
Honors and awards edit
- 2012 A&P Winter Fiction Contest, The Stranger[14]
- 2014 Wabash Prize for Fiction, Sycamore Review[15]
- 2018 Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction[5][11]
- 2020 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
Works edit
Personal life edit
Englehardt married his partner, Katharine Toombs, in March 2017.[19] He currently resides in Seattle.
References edit
- ^ Englehardt, John (Spring 2014). Cascadia Don't Fall Apart (MFA thesis). University of Arkansas Fayetteville – via ScholarWorks.
- ^ "Opening With A Safe Word". KUAF 91.3 National Public Radio. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Archives". pacificareview.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "2015-2016 Made At Hugo House Fellows". hugohouse.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ a b "ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE DZANC PRIZE FOR FICTION". www.dzancbooks.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Written Under the Influence". seattlereviewofbooks.com. 24 March 2016.
- ^ ""This Is Great But You Don't Need It,"". The Conium Review. Spring 2014.
- ^ "Confabulation, Day 4". The Monarch Review Seattle's Literary and Arts Magazine. Spring 2013.
- ^ "Meet Our Teachers". November 25, 2018.
- ^ "BLOOMLAND". Kirkus Reviews. July 1, 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ a b Young, Kristen Millares (September 16, 2019). "In the story of a mass shooting, 'Bloomland' reveals the bloody tapestry of a beleaguered nation". The Washington Post. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Bursey, Jeff. "Review: Bloomland by John Englehardt". The Literary Review. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Bloomland". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "The Winner of the Winter Fiction Contest". thestranger.com. Christopher Frizzelle. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Wabash Prize for Fiction". sycamorereview.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Gingrich". thestranger.com.
- ^ "Kentbrook! Kentbrook! Kentbrook!". monkeybicycle.net. 16 December 2013.
- ^ "SUNDAY STORIES: "FROM THE VOID I SAW YOUR FACE"". vol1brooklyn.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "King County Marriage Records". digitalarchives.wa.gov. Retrieved 25 November 2018.