John Englehardt

John Lewis Englehardt III (born May 23, 1987) is an American fiction writer and educator. His debut novel is Bloomland.

John Lewis Englehardt III
Englehardt in 2015
Englehardt in 2015
Born (1987-05-23) May 23, 1987
Fort Hood, Texas
OccupationWriter, educator, novelist
Alma materSeattle University, University of Arkansas
Spouse
Katharine Toombs
(m. 2017)
Website
johnenglehardt.com

Life and career

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

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

Works

  • Englehardt, John. (Dec. 5, 2012). "Gingrich". The Stranger[16]
  • Englehardt, John. (Dec. 16, 2013). "Kentbrook! Kentbrook! Kentbrook!" Monkey Bicycle[17]
  • Englehardt, John. (Jul. 8, 2018) "From the Void I Saw Your Face" Vol. 1 Brooklyn[18]

Personal life

Englehardt married his partner, Katharine Toombs, in March 2017.[19] He currently resides in Seattle.

References

  1. Englehardt, John (Spring 2014). Cascadia Don't Fall Apart (MFA thesis). University of Arkansas Fayetteville via ScholarWorks.
  2. "Opening With A Safe Word". KUAF 91.3 National Public Radio. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
  3. "Archives". pacificareview.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  4. "2015-2016 Made At Hugo House Fellows". hugohouse.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  5. "ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE DZANC PRIZE FOR FICTION". www.dzancbooks.org. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. "Written Under the Influence". seattlereviewofbooks.com. 24 March 2016.
  7. ""This Is Great But You Don't Need It,"". The Conium Review. Spring 2014.
  8. "Confabulation, Day 4". The Monarch Review Seattle's Literary and Arts Magazine. Spring 2013.
  9. "Meet Our Teachers". November 25, 2018.
  10. "BLOOMLAND". Kirkus Reviews. July 1, 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. 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.
  12. Bursey, Jeff. "Review: Bloomland by John Englehardt". The Literary Review. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  13. "Bloomland". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  14. "The Winner of the Winter Fiction Contest". thestranger.com. Christopher Frizzelle. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  15. "Wabash Prize for Fiction". sycamorereview.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  16. "Gingrich". thestranger.com.
  17. "Kentbrook! Kentbrook! Kentbrook!". monkeybicycle.net. 16 December 2013.
  18. "SUNDAY STORIES: "FROM THE VOID I SAW YOUR FACE"". vol1brooklyn.com. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  19. "King County Marriage Records". digitalarchives.wa.gov. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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