Ostrom, Hans
OSTROM, Hans
OSTROM, Hans. American, b. 1954. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Education, Literary criticism and history. Career: Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, visiting lecturer, 1980-81; University of California, Davis, assistant director of composition, 1981-82; University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, distinguished professor of English, 1983-, director of Center for Writing across the Curriculum, 1984-88; Uppsala University, Sweden, senior Fulbright lecturer, 1994. Gives readings from his works. Publications: (with T. Lulofs) Leigh Hunt: A Reference Guide, 1985; Lives and Moments: An Introduction to Short Fiction (anthology), 1991; Three to Get Ready (novel), 1991; (with W. Bishop) Water's Night: Poems (chapbook), 1992; Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction, 1993; Subjects Apprehended: Poems, 2000; Metro: Journeys in Creative Writing, 2001; A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia, 2001. EDITOR: (with Morris and Young) The Living Language (anthology), 1984; (co-) Spectrum: A Reader, 1986; (with Bishop) Colors of a Different Horse: Rethinking How We Teach Creative Writing, 1994. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor of articles, stories, poems, and reviews to magazines and newspapers. Address: Department of English, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N Warner, Tacoma, WA 98416, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]