John Holman (writer)

John William Holman (born 1951 Durham, North Carolina) is an American short story writer, novelist, and academic.

Life

He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1973, from North Carolina Central University with a MA in 1977, and from the University of Southern Mississippi with a PhD in 1983. He teaches at Georgia State University.^[1]

His work appeared in The New Yorker,^[2] Crescent Review, and Mississippi Review,^[3] Appalachee Quarterly,^[4] Carolina Quarterly, Oxford American,^[5][6] and Alabama Literary Review.

Awards

• 1991 Whiting Writers' Award

Works

• “Scuff,” Alabama Literary Quarterly 6.1 (Fall/Winter 1992): 41–48.
• “Immaterial,” Forum 27.2 (Fall/Winter 1993): 22–27

• Luminous Mysteries. Harcourt Brace & Co. 1998. ISBN 978-0-15-100349-5. 
• Squabble and Other Stories. Ticknor & Fields. 1990. ISBN 978-0-89919-935-1. 

Anthologies

• Shannon Ravenel, Ellen Douglas, ed. (2000). "Wave". New stories from the South: the year's best, 2000. Algonquin Books. ISBN 978-1-56512-295-6. 

References