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Garrett Hongo

August 29, 2023

Garrett Kaoru Hongo (born May 30, 1951[citation needed]) is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic and poet. His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences.[1]

Garrett Hongo
Born1951 (age 71–72)
Volcano, Hawai'i
Occupationpoet
Alma materPomona College
Notable worksThe River of Heaven
Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaiʻi
Notable awardsPulitzer finalist;
Oregon Book Award;
Guggenheim Fellow,
NEA Fellowship,
Rockefeller Fellowship
Children2

He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The River of Heaven (1988).

Early life Edit

Hongo was born in Volcano, Hawai'i. He attended Pomona College and the University of Michigan, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in English from the University of California at Irvine.

Hongo has been awarded fellowships from the Watson Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Career Edit

Hongo is a professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon. From 1989 through 1993, he was the director of the university's Program in Creative Writing.

Hongo has published three books of poetry. His first was Yellow Light (1982), and The River of Heaven (1988) was a Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.[1] Volcano: A Memoir of Hawai'i (1995) was awarded the 2006 Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction.[citation needed] Hongo has also worked as an editor on Songs My Mother Taught Me: Stories, Plays and Memoir by Wakako Yamauchi (1994) and on The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America (1993).[citation needed]

Selected works Edit

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Garett Hongo, OCLC/WorldCat includes roughly 30+ works in 70+ publications in two languages and 4,600+ library holdings.[2]

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
  • The Buddha Bandits down Highway 99 (1978)
  • Yellow Light (University of California, Irvine, 1980; Wesleyan University Press, 1982, ISBN 9780819511041)
  • The River of Heaven (Knopf, 1988, ISBN 978-0-394-56843-0; Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-88748-358-5)
  • The Open boat: Poems from Asian America (1993)
  • Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaiʻi (1995)
  • Coral Road: Poems (2011)
  • The Mirror Diary: Selected Essays (University of Michigan Press, 2017, ISBN 978-0-472-03702-5[3])
  • The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo (2022)
Anthologies
  • "from Cruising 99", The geography of home: California's poetry of place, Editors Christopher Buckley, Gary Young, Heyday Books, 1999, ISBN 978-1-890771-19-5
  • "Yellow Light", Bold words: a century of Asian American writing, Editors Rajini Srikanth, Esther Yae Iwanaga, Rutgers University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8135-2966-0
  • "Kapu Tube", Hawaiʻi: true stories of the island spirit, Editors Rick Carroll, Marcie Carroll, Travelers' Tales, 1999, ISBN 978-1-885211-35-4
  • "Something Whispered in the Shakuhachi", What book!?: Buddha poems from beat to hiphop, Editor Gary Gach, Parallax Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-938077-92-3
  • Unsettling America: an anthology of contemporary multicultural poetry, Editors Maria M. Gillan, Jennifer Gillan, Penguin Books, 1994, ISBN 978-0-14-023778-8

See also Edit

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b Arakawa, Suzanne K. (2005). "Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru)", in Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, p. 533, at Google Books
  2. ^ WorldCat Identities December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine: Hongo, Garrett Kaoru 1951-
  3. ^ Hongo, Garrett Kaoru (2015). The mirror diary selected essays. Project Muse,, Project Muse., Project MUSE, Project MUSE. Ann Arbor [Michigan]: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 9780472123292. OCLC 1002575041.

References Edit

  • Calabrese, Joseph, and Susan Tchudi. (2006). Diversity: Strength and Struggle. New York: Pearson Longman. ISBN 9780321317315; OCLC 60972078
  • Serafin, Steven and Alfred Bendixen. (2006). "Hongo, Garrett (Kaoru)," in The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. New York: Continuum. ISBN 9780826417770; OCLC 61478088

Further reading Edit

  • Drake, Barbara. (1992). "Garrett Kaoru Hongo," in American Poets since World War II, 3rd series (Gwynn, R. S., ed.). Detroit, Michigan: Gale. ISBN 9780810375970; OCLC 26158348
  • Filipelli, Laurie. (1997). Garrett Hongo. Boise, Idaho: Boise State University Press. ISBN 9780884301295; OCLC 37550317
  • Fonseca, Anthony J. (2005). "Garrett Kaoru Hongo," in Asian American Writers (Madsen, Deborah L., ed.) Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale. ISBN 9780787681302; OCLC 57414491
  • Kamada, Roy Osamu. (2006). "Postcolonial Romanticisms: Landscape and the Possibilities of Inheritance in the Work of Jamaica Kincaid, Garrett Hongo and Derek Walcott," in Dissertation Abstracts International, Section A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 2006 Jan; 66 (7): 2573. U of California, Davis, 2005. (dissertation abstract)
  • Schröder, Nicole. (2006). Spaces and Places in Motion: Spatial Concepts in Contemporary American Literature Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr. ISBN 9783823362531 ISBN 3823362534; OCLC 76949181
  • Witonsky, Trudi. (2000). "Twilight Conversations: Multicultural Dialogue," in Asian American Studies: Identity, Images, Issues Past and Present (Ghymn, Esther Mikyung, ed.) New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820439259; OCLC 40881565
Journals
  • Colley, Sharon E. "An Interview with Garrett Hongo," Forkroads: A Journal of Ethnic-American Literature, 1996 Summer; 4: 47-63.
  • Hull, Glynda. "This Wooden Shack Place: the Logic of an Unconventional Reading," College Composition and Communication, 1990 Oct; 41 (3): 287-98.
  • Jarman, Mark. "The Volcano Inside," The Southern Review, 1996 Spring; 32 (2): 337-43.
  • McCormick, Adrienne. "Theorizing Difference in Asian American Poetry Anthologies," MELUS: The Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, 2004 Fall-Winter; 29 (3-4): 59-80.
  • Sato, Gayle K. "Cultural Recuperation in Garrett Hongo's The River of Heaven," Studies in American Literature (Kyoto, Japan), 2001 Feb; 37: 57-74.
  • Slowik, Mary. "Beyond Lot's Wife: the Immigration Poems of Marilyn Chin, Garrett Hongo, Li-Young Lee, and David Mura," MELUS, 2000 Fall-Winter; 25 (3-4): 221-42.

External links Edit

  • Academy of American Poets bio (accessed March 2008)
  • Modern American Poetry page (accessed March 2008)
  • Interview with Hongo on Words on a Wire

August 29, 2023
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Garrett Kaoru Hongo born May 30 1951 citation needed is a Yonsei fourth generation Japanese American academic and poet His work draws on Japanese American history and his own experiences 1 Garrett HongoBorn1951 age 71 72 Volcano Hawai iOccupationpoetAlma materPomona CollegeNotable worksThe River of HeavenVolcano A Memoir of HawaiʻiNotable awardsPulitzer finalist Oregon Book Award Guggenheim Fellow NEA Fellowship Rockefeller FellowshipChildren2He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for The River of Heaven 1988 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected works 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 6 1 Further reading 7 External linksEarly life EditThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Garrett Hongo news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Hongo was born in Volcano Hawai i He attended Pomona College and the University of Michigan and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in English from the University of California at Irvine Hongo has been awarded fellowships from the Watson Foundation the Guggenheim Foundation the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation Career EditHongo is a professor of creative writing at the University of Oregon From 1989 through 1993 he was the director of the university s Program in Creative Writing Hongo has published three books of poetry His first was Yellow Light 1982 and The River of Heaven 1988 was a Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 1 Volcano A Memoir of Hawai i 1995 was awarded the 2006 Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction citation needed Hongo has also worked as an editor on Songs My Mother Taught Me Stories Plays and Memoir by Wakako Yamauchi 1994 and on The Open Boat Poems from Asian America 1993 citation needed Selected works EditIn a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Garett Hongo OCLC WorldCat includes roughly 30 works in 70 publications in two languages and 4 600 library holdings 2 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources The Buddha Bandits down Highway 99 1978 Yellow Light University of California Irvine 1980 Wesleyan University Press 1982 ISBN 9780819511041 The River of Heaven Knopf 1988 ISBN 978 0 394 56843 0 Carnegie Mellon University Press 2001 ISBN 978 0 88748 358 5 The Open boat Poems from Asian America 1993 Volcano A Memoir of Hawaiʻi 1995 Coral Road Poems 2011 The Mirror Diary Selected Essays University of Michigan Press 2017 ISBN 978 0 472 03702 5 3 The Perfect Sound A Memoir in Stereo 2022 Anthologies from Cruising 99 The geography of home California s poetry of place Editors Christopher Buckley Gary Young Heyday Books 1999 ISBN 978 1 890771 19 5 Yellow Light Bold words a century of Asian American writing Editors Rajini Srikanth Esther Yae Iwanaga Rutgers University Press 2001 ISBN 978 0 8135 2966 0 Kapu Tube Hawaiʻi true stories of the island spirit Editors Rick Carroll Marcie Carroll Travelers Tales 1999 ISBN 978 1 885211 35 4 Something Whispered in the Shakuhachi What book Buddha poems from beat to hiphop Editor Gary Gach Parallax Press 1997 ISBN 978 0 938077 92 3 Unsettling America an anthology of contemporary multicultural poetry Editors Maria M Gillan Jennifer Gillan Penguin Books 1994 ISBN 978 0 14 023778 8See also Edit Poetry portal Literature portalList of Asian American writers List of people from HawaiiNotes Edit a b Arakawa Suzanne K 2005 Hongo Garrett Kaoru in Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature p 533 at Google Books WorldCat Identities Archived December 30 2010 at the Wayback Machine Hongo Garrett Kaoru 1951 Hongo Garrett Kaoru 2015 The mirror diary selected essays Project Muse Project Muse Project MUSE Project MUSE Ann Arbor Michigan University of Michigan Press ISBN 9780472123292 OCLC 1002575041 References EditCalabrese Joseph and Susan Tchudi 2006 Diversity Strength and Struggle New York Pearson Longman ISBN 9780321317315 OCLC 60972078 Serafin Steven and Alfred Bendixen 2006 Hongo Garrett Kaoru in The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature New York Continuum ISBN 9780826417770 OCLC 61478088Further reading Edit Drake Barbara 1992 Garrett Kaoru Hongo in American Poets since World War II 3rd series Gwynn R S ed Detroit Michigan Gale ISBN 9780810375970 OCLC 26158348 Filipelli Laurie 1997 Garrett Hongo Boise Idaho Boise State University Press ISBN 9780884301295 OCLC 37550317 Fonseca Anthony J 2005 Garrett Kaoru Hongo in Asian American Writers Madsen Deborah L ed Farmington Hills Michigan Gale ISBN 9780787681302 OCLC 57414491 Kamada Roy Osamu 2006 Postcolonial Romanticisms Landscape and the Possibilities of Inheritance in the Work of Jamaica Kincaid Garrett Hongo and Derek Walcott in Dissertation Abstracts International Section A The Humanities and Social Sciences 2006 Jan 66 7 2573 U of California Davis 2005 dissertation abstract Schroder Nicole 2006 Spaces and Places in Motion Spatial Concepts in Contemporary American Literature Tubingen Germany Gunter Narr ISBN 9783823362531 ISBN 3823362534 OCLC 76949181 Witonsky Trudi 2000 Twilight Conversations Multicultural Dialogue in Asian American Studies Identity Images Issues Past and Present Ghymn Esther Mikyung ed New York Peter Lang ISBN 9780820439259 OCLC 40881565JournalsColley Sharon E An Interview with Garrett Hongo Forkroads A Journal of Ethnic American Literature 1996 Summer 4 47 63 Hull Glynda This Wooden Shack Place the Logic of an Unconventional Reading College Composition and Communication 1990 Oct 41 3 287 98 Jarman Mark The Volcano Inside The Southern Review 1996 Spring 32 2 337 43 McCormick Adrienne Theorizing Difference in Asian American Poetry Anthologies MELUS The Journal of the Society for the Study of the Multi Ethnic Literature of the United States 2004 Fall Winter 29 3 4 59 80 Sato Gayle K Cultural Recuperation in Garrett Hongo s The River of Heaven Studies in American Literature Kyoto Japan 2001 Feb 37 57 74 Slowik Mary Beyond Lot s Wife the Immigration Poems of Marilyn Chin Garrett Hongo Li Young Lee and David Mura MELUS 2000 Fall Winter 25 3 4 221 42 External links EditAcademy of American Poets bio accessed March 2008 Modern American Poetry page accessed March 2008 Interview with Hongo on Words on a Wire Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Garrett Hongo amp oldid 1158234317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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