John Englehardt
{{Short description|American fiction writer (born 1987)}}
{{Lead too short|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox writer
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|5|23}}
| birth_place = Fort Hood, Texas
| occupation = Writer, educator, novelist
| alma_mater = Seattle University, University of Arkansas
| spouse = {{marriage|Katharine Toombs|2017}}
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John Lewis Englehardt III (born May 23, 1987) is an American fiction writer and educator. His debut novel is Bloomland.
Life and career
Englehardt earned a BA in creative writing from Seattle University and a MFA from the University of Arkansas.{{Cite thesis|date=Spring 2014|title= Cascadia Don't Fall Apart |url=http://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/2325 |type=MFA thesis |publisher=University of Arkansas Fayetteville |via=ScholarWorks |last1= Englehardt|first1= John}} Englehardt taught English composition and creative writing classes at the University of Arkansas while completing his MFA.{{Cite web|url=http://mail.kuaf.com/content/opening-safe-word|title=Opening With A Safe Word|website=KUAF 91.3 National Public Radio|access-date=November 25, 2018}} After completing his MFA, Englehardt worked as a contributing editor at Pacifica Literary Review,{{cite web |title=Archives |url=http://www.pacificareview.com/archive/ |website=pacificareview.com |access-date=25 November 2018}} and was selected as a 2015 Made at Hugo House Fellow.{{cite web |title=2015-2016 Made At Hugo House Fellows |url=https://hugohouse.org/2015-2016-made-hugo-house-fellows/ |website=hugohouse.org |access-date=25 November 2018 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127110253/https://hugohouse.org/2015-2016-made-hugo-house-fellows/ |url-status=dead }}
His debut novel Bloomland was published by Dzanc Books in 2019. His writing has appeared in Sycamore Review, The Stranger, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Monkeybicycle, and The Seattle Review of Books,{{cite web |title=Written Under the Influence |url=http://www.seattlereviewofbooks.com/reviews/written-under-the-influence/ |website=seattlereviewofbooks.com|date=24 March 2016 }} among other publications.{{Cite web|url=http://coniumreview.com/blog/this-is-great-but-you-dont-need-it/|title="This Is Great But You Don't Need It,"|date=Spring 2014|website=The Conium Review}}{{Cite journal|date=Spring 2013|title=Confabulation, Day 4|url=http://www.themonarchreview.org/confabulation-day-4-john-englehardt/|journal=The Monarch Review Seattle's Literary and Arts Magazine}} Englehardt currently teaches writing classes at Hugo House,{{Cite web|url=https://hugohouse.org/classes/teachers/|title=Meet Our Teachers|date=November 25, 2018}} a Seattle-based non-profit writing center.
Critical reception
Kirkus Reviews describes Bloomland as "Hugely important, hauntingly brutal" and states, "Englehardt has just announced himself as one of America’s most talented emerging writers."{{cite news |title=BLOOMLAND |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/john-englehardt/bloomland/ |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=July 1, 2019}} Kristen Millares Young of The Washington Post writes, "“Bloomland” juxtaposes the proximate with the predator, intermingling their perspectives until the flickering becomes a bloody tapestry of our beleaguered nation."{{cite news |last1=Young |first1=Kristen Millares |title=In the story of a mass shooting, 'Bloomland' reveals the bloody tapestry of a beleaguered nation |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/in-the-story-of-a-mass-shooting-bloomland-reveals-the-bloody-tapestry-of-a-beleaguered-nation/2019/09/16/3c5d2ac0-d49d-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html |access-date=24 April 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 16, 2019}} In The Literary Review, Jeff Bursey states, "writing a relatively non-polemical debut novel about a student who shoots others at his campus would be difficult to do, but John Englehardt, in Bloomland, has achieved this feat."{{cite news |last1=Bursey |first1=Jeff |title=Review: Bloomland by John Englehardt |url=https://www.theliteraryreview.org/book-review/4735/ |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=The Literary Review}} Publishers Weekly describes the novel as "potent" and states, "Englehardt’s debut poses timely, difficult questions."{{cite news |title=Bloomland |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-945814-93-8 |access-date=24 April 2021 |work=Publishers Weekly}}
Honors and awards
- 2012 A&P Winter Fiction Contest, The Stranger{{cite web |title=The Winner of the Winter Fiction Contest |url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/11/28/and-the-winner-of-the-aandp-winter-fiction-contest-is |website=thestranger.com |publisher=Christopher Frizzelle |access-date=25 November 2018}}
- 2014 Wabash Prize for Fiction, Sycamore Review{{cite web |title=Wabash Prize for Fiction |url=https://sycamorereview.com/2014/06/05/presenting-the-winners-of-the-2014-wabash-prize-for-fiction/ |website=sycamorereview.com |access-date=25 November 2018}}
- 2018 Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction{{cite web |title=ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF THE DZANC PRIZE FOR FICTION |url=https://www.dzancbooks.org/blog/2018/11/15/announcing-the-winner-of-the-dzanc-prize-for-fiction |website=www.dzancbooks.org |access-date=25 November 2018 |archive-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034858/https://www.dzancbooks.org/blog/2018/11/15/announcing-the-winner-of-the-dzanc-prize-for-fiction |url-status=dead }}
- 2020 VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
Works
= Novel =
- Bloomland (2019)
= Short fiction =
- Englehardt, John. (Dec. 5, 2012). "Gingrich". The Stranger{{cite web |title=Gingrich |url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/gingrich/Content?oid=15445947 |website=thestranger.com}}
- Englehardt, John. (Dec. 16, 2013). "Kentbrook! Kentbrook! Kentbrook!" Monkey Bicycle{{cite web |title=Kentbrook! Kentbrook! Kentbrook! |url=http://monkeybicycle.net/kentbrook-kentbrook-kentbrook/ |website=monkeybicycle.net|date=16 December 2013 }}
- Englehardt, John. (Jul. 8, 2018) "From the Void I Saw Your Face" Vol. 1 Brooklyn{{cite web |title=SUNDAY STORIES: "FROM THE VOID I SAW YOUR FACE" |url=http://vol1brooklyn.com/2018/07/08/sunday-stories-from-the-void-i-saw-your-face/ |website=vol1brooklyn.com |access-date=25 November 2018}}
Personal life
Englehardt married his partner, Katharine Toombs, in March 2017.{{cite web |title=King County Marriage Records |url=https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/9B87D7F46C6282BD6AE515DBB2415424 |website=digitalarchives.wa.gov |access-date=25 November 2018}} He currently resides in Seattle.
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