John Holman (writer)

John William Holman (born 1951 Durham, North Carolina) is an American short story writer, novelist, and academic.

Life

He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973, from North Carolina Central University with an MA in 1977, and from the University of Southern Mississippi with a PhD in 1983. He teaches at Georgia State University.[1]

His work appeared in The New Yorker,[2] Crescent Review, and Mississippi Review,[3] Appalachee Quarterly,[4] Carolina Quarterly, Oxford American,[5][6] and Alabama Literary Review,

Awards

• 1991 Whiting Award

Works

Books

• Squabble and Other Stories. Ticknor & Fields. 1990. ISBN 978-0-89919-935-1.
  • "Squabble," Reprinted from The New Yorker, 28 December 1987
  • "On Earth," Reprinted from The New Yorker, 5 December 1988
  • "Monroe's Wedding," Reprinted from The New Yorker, 6 February 1989
• Luminous Mysteries. Harcourt Brace & Co. 1998. ISBN 978-0-15-100349-5.

Anthologies

• Shannon Ravenel; Ellen Douglas, eds. (2000). "Wave". New stories from the South: the year's best, 2000. Algonquin Books. ISBN 978-1-56512-295-6.

Stories

• "Scuff," Alabama Literary Quarterly 6.1 (Fall/Winter 1992): 41–48.[7]
• "Immaterial," Forum 27.2 (Fall/Winter 1993): 22–27[8]
• "Credentials," Fictionaut (originally published in Mississippi Review)

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2010-01-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/john_holman/search?contributorName=john%20holman
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-23. Retrieved 2010-01-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Answers - the Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions".
5. http://store.oxfordamerican.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Issue%2020 Archived 2010-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-08. Retrieved 2010-01-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. http://spectrum.troy.edu/alr/index.htm Alabama Literary Quarterly Archives
8. http://dspace.nelson.usf.edu/xmlui/handle/10806/7262 Forum 27.2 Archival PDF

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation