Hans Ostrom

Hans Ansgar Ostrom (born January 19, 1954) is an American professor, writer, editor, and scholar.

He joined the English Department at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, in 1983. He is Professor of English at Puget Sound, and he has served as co-director of African American Studies and Chair of the English Department.

Works

• Hans Ostrom, The Coast Starlight: Collected Poems 1976-2006 (Indianapolis: Dog Ear Publishing, 2006) ISBN 978-1-59858-102-7
• Hans Ostrom, Honoring Juanita (Congruent Angle Press, 2010). http://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Juanita-Hans-Ostrom/dp/0984417508/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273801334&sr=1-2
• Hans Ostrom and J. David Macey, editors, The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2005): 5 volumes.
• Hans Ostrom, A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2002);
• Hans Ostrom, Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction (New York: Twayne, 1993);
• Hans Ostrom, Wendy Bishop, Katharine Haake, Metro: Journeys in Writing Creatively (New York: Longman, 2001);
• Hans Ostrom, Subjects Apprehended (Johnstown, Ohio: Pudding House Press, 2000);
• Hans Ostrom, Three to Get Ready (Oakland: Cliffhanger, 1991).
• Wendy Bishop and Hans Ostrom, editors, The Subject Is Story: Essays for Writers and Readers (Boyton-Cook/Heineman, 2003).
• Hans Ostrom, "To War Again" (poem), Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought http://www.perspectivesjournal.org/2004/01/poetry.html
• Hans Ostrom, "The Green Bird" (short story), Ploughshares (Winter 1986): https://www.pshares.org/issues/article.cfm?prmArticleID=2256
• "Guest Post: Hans Ostrom on the Next Decade in Book Culture", Critical Mass, Jan-08-2010
• Hans Ostrom, Without One: A Novel" (Congruent Angle Press, 2012). [1]

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): http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/reviews/bishop_ostrom2004.cfm
• David Herbert Donald, "Good Race Men: Review of Short Stories of Langston Hughes," New York Times, September 1, 1996: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE3D71E39F932A3575AC0A960958260
• 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: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED366967&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED366967>
• Law and Society in the 21st Century: conference held at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, July 2007.
• 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.