B. J. Hollars
| B.J. Hollars | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
1984 Monticello, Indiana |
| Occupation | Writer and Teacher |
| Nationality | American |
B.J. Hollars (born 1984) is an American author of literary essays and nonfiction novels. He is the winner of the Blei/Derleth Nonfiction Award (2014) and the Society of Midland Authors Adult Nonfiction Award (2012). Hollars is the author of Dispatches from the Drownings: Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction (University of New Mexico Press, 2014), Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence and the Last Lynching in America (University of Alabama Press, 2011) Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa (The University of Alabama Press, 2013) and other works.[1]
Life and work
B.J. Hollars was born in Monticello, Indiana in 1984. He graduated as the senior class speaker at Knox College, where he delivered an address with former president Bill Clinton. He received his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Alabama in 2010. Hollars's essays have appeared in The Rumpus, TriQuarterly, Brevity, The Collagist, North American Review, Quarterly West, and many other literary journals. Hollars also holds the unofficial Alabama state record for most consecutive runs down a water slide. He has edited three books, which include You Must Be This Tall To Ride: Contemporary Writers Take You Inside The Story (2009), Monsters: A Collection of Literary Sightings (2011) and Blurring the Boundaries: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction (2013).[2]
B.J. Hollars holds the University of Alabama Combined Graduate/Undergraduate Record for sequential trips down the Rec Center[3] water slide.
Works
Books
- From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human (forthcoming)
- This Is Only A Test (forthcoming)
- Dispatches from the Drownings: Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction,
- Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence and the Last Lynching in America
- Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa
- Sightings: Stories
- Blurring the Boundaries: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction
- Monsters: A Collection of Literary Sightings
- You Must Be This Tall To Ride: Contemporary Writers Take You Inside the Story
Chapbooks
- Greetings from Duluth
- In Defense of Monsters
Essays
- In the Heart of the Heart of Duluth / North American Review
- Fabricating Fear / The Rumpus[4]
- Live Forever / The Rumpus
- The Girl in the Surf / Creative Nonfiction
- Goodbye, Tuscaloosa / TriQuarterly
- Fifty Ways of Looking at Tornadoes / Quarterly West
- To The Owl In The Tree Outside Our Hospital Window / DIAGRAM
- On The Occurrence of March 20, 1981 and on the Occurrences of Every Night After / Brevity
- The Shadow Room / Black Warrior Review
- The Longest Wait / Devil's Lake
- The Dead Clown's Knot / Bending Genre
- Buckethead / Ascent
- The Megatherium Club / The Collagist
- Leningrad / The Collagist
- Losing Dixie / storySouth
- History Obscura / The Rappahannock Review
- The Mathematics of Grief / Pithead Chapel
References
- ↑ "Growing Up Awkwardly: An Interview with B.J. Hollars". Fiction Writers Review. Fiction Writers Review. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "BJ Hollars, English Department, UW-Eau Claire". University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ http://urec.sa.ua.edu/
- ↑ Hollars, BJ (28 February 2013). "Fabricating Fear". The Rumpus. Retrieved 6 November 2014.