Linda Hogan (writer) explained

Linda K. Hogan (née Henderson, born July 16, 1947) is an American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories.^[2] She previously served as the Chickasaw Nation's writer in residence.^[3] Hogan is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.^[4]

Early life

Linda Hogan was born July 16, 1947, in Denver, Colorado.^[5] Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family.^[6] Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson was of white descent.^[2] Linda's uncle, Wesley Henderson, helped form the White Buffalo Council in Denver during the 1950s,^[7] to help other Native American people coming to the city because of The Relocation Act, which forcibly removed Indigenous peoples for work and other opportunities.

Career

Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978.^[8] She was a full professor of Creative Writing at the University of Colorado and then taught for two years in the university's Ethnic Studies Department.^[9] She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years,^[10] and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe.

Hogan has worked across various genres, such as poetry, novel-length fiction, short fiction, and nature essays. She has also written nonfiction essays for environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club.^[11] In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on, Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for National Geographic books. She also wrote the script for the PBS documentary, Everything Has a Spirit, regarding Native American religious freedom.^[12]

Personal life

Hogan married Pat Hogan and has two children.

Awards and recognition

• Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award, 1980
• Stand magazine Fiction Award, 1983
• American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986
• Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1991
• Guggenheim Fellow, 1991^[13]
• Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction for Mean Spirit, 1991
• Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993^{[14] [15]}
• Colorado Book Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993
• Lannan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, 1994
• Colorado Book Award for Solar Storms, 1996
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, 1998
• Writer of the Year (Creative Prose), Wordcraft Circle Award, 2002
• Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame, 2007^[16]
• Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship, 2015^[17]
• Thoreau Prize from PEN, 2016^[18]

Published works

• Calling Myself Home, Greenfield Review Press, 1978
• A Piece of Moon, 1981
• Daughters, I Love You, Research Center on Women, 1981
• Eclipse, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1983,
• Book: Seeing Through the Sun. registration. Linda Hogan.. University of Massachusetts Press. 1985. 978-0-87023-472-9.
• Book: Savings: Poems. registration. Linda Hogan.. Coffee House Press. 1988. 978-0-918273-41-3.
• Mean Spirit, Atheneum, 1990,
• Red Clay: Poems and Stories, Greenfield Review Press, 1991,
• The book of medicines: poems, Coffee House Press, 1993,
• Book: Solar Storms. Scribner. 1995. 978-0-684-81227-4. ; Simon and Schuster, 1997,
• Book: Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. W.W. Norton. 1995. 978-0-393-03784-5. ; Simon and Schuster, 1996,
• Book: Power. W. W. Norton & Company. 1998. 978-0-393-04636-6. ; W. W. Norton & Company, 1999,
• The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World, 2000; North Point Press, 2001,
• Book: The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir. W.W. Norton. 2001. 978-0-393-05018-9. ; W. W. Norton & Company, 2002,
• Rounding the Human Corners: Poems, Coffee House Press, 2008,
• People of the Whale: A Novel; W. W. Norton & Company, 2009,
• The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed.) Morning Light Press, 2009,
• Indios, poems, Wings Press, 2012
• Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014

Criticism

• Dennis, Helen M. Native American Literature: Towards a Spatialized Reading. London, Routledge 2006. pp. 61–85.

In Anthology

• Melissa Tuckey, ed. Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.

See also

• List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
• Native American Renaissance
• Native American Studies

External links

• Bibliography and links to other online resources
• Page containing an audio clip of Hogan reading
• Profile at "Writers on the Edge"
• Linda Hogan's web page
• In Depth interview with Hogan, July 3, 2011

Notes and References

1. http://nativeamericanlit.com/files/Linda_Hogan.pdf "Linda Hogan." Native American Literature.
2. Book: Encyclopedia of American Indian literature. Jennifer McClinton-Temple . Alan R. Velie . Infobase Publishing. 2007. 978-0-8160-5656-9 ., p. 167.
3. https://archive.today/20120710114943/http://www.chickasaw.net/docs/Womens_Conference_April_16.pdf "Dynamic Women of the Chickasaw Nation."
4. Web site: Linda Hogan .
5. Book: Grove . Shari . American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present . Deroche . Celeste . Gale . 2000 . 978-1-55862-429-0 . Benbow-Pfalzgraf . Taryn . 2nd . 2 . Detroit, MI . 219.
6. News: January 20, 2002 . Obituaries - CHARLES COLBERT HENDERSON . The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO) . METRO4.
7. Web site: Linda Hogan . April 19, 2024 . Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation.
8. Web site: Linda Hogan, Author (MA 1978) . 27 July 2018 .
9. Web site: Linda Hogan . 5 July 2018 .
10. Web site: Linda Hogan . April 19, 2024 . Chickasaw Press.
11. Book: From the center of tradition: critical perspectives on Linda Hogan . 2003 . Univ. Press of Colorado . 978-0-87081-737-3 . Cook . Barbara J. . Boulder, Colo. 2.
12. Web site: Everything has a spirit . April 19, 2024 . WorldCat.
13. Web site: Linda K. Hogan - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728073732/http://www.gf.org/fellows/6728-linda-k-hogan . 2012-07-28 . 2011-07-03.
14. Web site: Hogan . Linda . Linda Hogan Biography . 2020-11-08 . Linda Hogan Writer . lindahoganwriter.com.
15. Web site: 1993 . 2024-05-03 . National Book Critics Circle . en-US.
16. http://www.chickasaw.net/hof/inductees/linda-henderson-hogan.htm Chickasaw Hall of Fame
17. http://www.nativeartsandcultures.org/linda-hogan "Linda Hogan". Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
18. Web site: Hogan. Linda. Linda Hogan. Linda Hogan Writer. 2016-11-25.