Hilton Als
| Hilton Als | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 |
| Occupation | Writer and Critic |
Hilton Als (born 1960) is an American writer and theater critic who writes for The New Yorker magazine.
Als is a former staff writer for The Village Voice and former editor-at-large at Vibe magazine.
His 1996 book The Women focuses on his mother, who raised him in Brooklyn, Dorothy Dean, and Owen Dodson, who was a mentor and lover of Als.[1][2][3] In the book, Als explores his identification of the confluence of his ethnicity, gender and sexuality, moving from identifying as a "Negress" and then an "Auntie Man", a Barbadian term for homosexuals.[3]
Als received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2000 for creative writing and the 2002–03 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.[4] In 2004 he won the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin, which provided him half a year of free working and studying in Berlin.[5] He has taught at Smith College, Wesleyan, and Yale University, and his work has also appeared in The Nation, The Believer, and the New York Review of Books.
Awards and honors
- 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award (Criticism) shortlist for White Girls[6][7]
Bibliography
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- The Women (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998)
- Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America (James Allen, editor; Twin Palms Publishers, 2000)
- Places for the Spirit: Tradition African American Gardens Foreword. Trinity University Press 2010. ISBN 9781595340641
- White Girls (McSweeney's, 2013)
Articles
- "Michael". The New York Review of Books. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
- "Critic's Notebook: Let the Sunshine In". The New Yorker 85 (48): 13. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2011. (Melba Moore)
- "Critic's Notebook: Arcade Fire". The New Yorker 86 (4): 12. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2011. (Penny Arcade)
- "The Theatre: Underhanded". The New Yorker 86 (4): 80–81. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2011. Reviews Martin McDonagh's "A Behanding in Spokane", directed by John Crowley at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
- "Critic's Notebook: Feminist Fatale". The New Yorker 86 (5): 8. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2011. (María Irene Fornés)
- "Critic's Notebook: Stage Directions". The New Yorker 86 (16): 14. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2011. (David Mamet)
- "Critic's Notebook: On the Verge". The New Yorker 86 (35): 22. 8 November 2010. (Sam Irvin’s Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise)
- "Life and Letters: Color Vision". The New Yorker 86 (35): 42–47. 8 November 2010. (Ntozake Shange)
- "Critic's Notebook: Giving it Away". The New Yorker 87 (4): 7. 14 March 2011. (Ed Schmidt’s My Last Play)
- "The Theatre: Tea and No Sympathy". The New Yorker 87 (41): 142–1432. 19&26 December 2011. (David Adjimi's Elective Affinities)
References
- ↑ Fusco, Coco (Winter 1997), "The Women", BOMB (58)
- ↑ Lee, Andrea (1997-01-05), "Fatal Limitations", New York Times
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bernstein, Richard (1997-01-01), "Feminine Mystique in the Eyes of an 'Auntie Man'", New York Times, retrieved 2009-12-01
- ↑ Hilton Als, New Yorker critic, wins George Jean Nathan Award, Cornell Chronicle, 2004-02-12, retrieved 2009-12-01 Archived 18 June 2009 at WebCite
- ↑ "Hilton Als - Holtzbrinck Fellow, Class of Fall 2004". American Academy in Berlin. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
- ↑ Kirsten Reach (January 14, 2014). "NBCC finalists announced". Melville House Publishing. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
- ↑ Admin (January 14, 2014). "Announcing the National Book Critics Awards Finalists for Publishing Year 2013". National Book Critics Circle. Retrieved January 14, 2014.
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