Hans Ansgar Ostrom (born January 29, 1954) is an American scholar, currently a professor of African American Studies and English at the University of Puget Sound (1983–present). He is known for his authorship of various books on African-American studies and creative writing, and novels including Three to Get Ready, Honoring Juanita, and Without One, as well as The Coast Starlight: Collected Poems 1976–2006.
Works The Coast Starlight: Collected Poems 1976-2006 (Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, 2006) Honoring Juanita: A Novel (Congruent Angle Press, 2010). Co-editor, with J. David Macey, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005): 5 volumes.Review of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature: Martha E. Stone (2006), Reference & User Services Quarterly, A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2002);Review of A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia: Donna Akiba Sullivan Harper (2003), African American Review, Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction (New York: Twayne, 1993);Review of Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction: R. Baxter Miller (2004), African American Review, Review of Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction: Klaus H. Schmidt (1998), Amerikastudien, With Wendy Bishop and Katharine Haake, Metro: Journeys in Writing Creatively (New York: Longman, 2001) Subjects Apprehended (Johnstown, Ohio: Pudding House Press, 2000); Three to Get Ready (Oakland: Cliffhanger, 1991). Co-editor, with Wendy Bishop, The Subject Is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers (Boyton-Cook/Heineman, 2003). "To War Again" (poem), Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought "The Green Bird" (short story), Ploughshares (Winter 1986) "Guest Post: Hans Ostrom on the Next Decade in Book Culture", Critical Mass, January 8, 2010 Without One: A Novel (Congruent Angle Press, 2012). With William Haltom, Orwell's "Politics and the English Language" in the Age of Pseudocracy, New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2018. With Wendy Bishop, Colors of a Different Horse: Rethinking Creative Writing Theory and Pedagogy. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 1994. Review of Colors of a Different Horse: S. Strang (1998), Issues in Writing, With J. David Macey, Forgotten African American Firsts: An Encyclopedia of Pioneering History. Westport: Greenwood Publishers, 2023.Review of Forgotten African American Firsts: Amy Shaw (2023), School Library Journal,
References
Sources "Hans Ostrom", Contemporary Authors, New Series, Vol. 43 (Detroit: Gale Research, 1998) Choice, December 1993, review of Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction, p. 605 S. A. Vega Garcia, Choice, October 2002, review of A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia, p. 257 Review of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature, Library Journal, 2005 Review of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature, School Library Journal, March 2005 "Hans Ostrom", in Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers (New York: Poets and Writers, 1998–present) Wendy Bishop, Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem (New York: Longman, 1999); includes several poems by Ostrom Will Hochman, "The Ongoing Legacy of Wendy Bishop Is In Our Stories: Review of The Subject is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers, Edited by Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom", Across the Disciplines: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Language, Literature, and Writing (2004) David Herbert Donald, "Good Race Men: Review of Short Stories of Langston Hughes", The New York Times, September 1, 1996 Greenwood Press: Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (2005), edited by Hans Ostrom and J David Macey: excerpts from multiple reviews: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR2972.aspx ERIC abstract of Colors of a Different Horse: Rethinking Creative Writing Theory and Pedagogy, edited by Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom. Rita Dove, "Poet's Choice", Washington Post (column by Rita Dove), May 20, 2001, includes "Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven", a poem by Hans Ostrom.