Linda Hogan (writer)

Linda K. Hogan (née Henderson, born July 16, 1947) is an American poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. She previously served as the Chickasaw Nation's writer in residence. Hogan is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry.

Early life
Linda Hogan was born July 16, 1947, in Denver, Colorado. Her father, Charles C. Henderson, is a Chickasaw from a recognized historical family. Her mother, Cleona Florine (Bower) Henderson was of white descent. Linda's uncle, Wesley Henderson, helped form the White Buffalo Council in Denver during the 1950s, to help other Native American people coming to the city because of The Relocation Act, which forcibly removed Indigenous peoples for work and other opportunities.

Career
Hogan earned a Master of Arts (M. A.) degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1978. She was a full professor of Creative Writing at the University of Colorado and then taught for two years in the university's Ethnic Studies Department. She has been a speaker at the United Nations Forum and was a plenary speaker at the Environmental Literature Conference in Turkey in 2009. Her most recent teaching has been as Writer in Residence for The Chickasaw Nation for six years, and a faculty position at the Indian Arts Institute in Santa Fe.

Hogan has worked across various genres, such as poetry, novel-length fiction, short fiction, and nature essays. She has also written nonfiction essays for environmental organizations like The Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club. In 2015, Hogan worked with Brenda Peterson on, Sightings, the Mysterious Journey of the Gray Whale for National Geographic books. She also wrote the script for the PBS documentary, Everything Has a Spirit, regarding Native American religious freedom.

Personal life
Hogan married Pat Hogan and has two children.

Awards and recognition

 * Five Civilized Tribes Play Writing Award, 1980
 * Stand magazine Fiction Award, 1983
 * American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986
 * Finalist, Pulitzer Prize for Literature, 1991
 * Guggenheim Fellow, 1991
 * Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction for Mean Spirit, 1991
 * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993
 * Colorado Book Award for The Book of Medicines, 1993
 * Lannan Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, 1994
 * Colorado Book Award for Solar Storms, 1996
 * Lifetime Achievement Award, Native Writers' Circle of the Americas, 1998
 * Writer of the Year (Creative Prose), Wordcraft Circle Award, 2002
 * Inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame, 2007
 * Native Arts and Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship, 2015
 * Thoreau Prize from PEN, 2016

Published works

 * Calling Myself Home, Greenfield Review Press, 1978
 * A Piece of Moon, 1981
 * Daughters, I Love You, Research Center on Women, 1981
 * Eclipse, American Indian Studies Center, University of California, 1983, ISBN 978-0-935626-18-6
 * Mean Spirit, Atheneum, 1990, ISBN 978-0-689-12101-2
 * Red Clay: Poems and Stories, Greenfield Review Press, 1991, ISBN 978-0-912678-83-2
 * The book of medicines: poems, Coffee House Press, 1993, ISBN 978-1-56689-010-6
 * ; Simon and Schuster, 1997, ISBN 978-0-684-82539-7
 * ; Simon and Schuster, 1996, ISBN 978-0-684-83033-9
 * ; W. W. Norton & Company, 1999, ISBN 978-0-393-31968-2
 * The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women and the Green World, 2000; North Point Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-86547-559-5
 * ; W. W. Norton & Company, 2002, ISBN 978-0-393-32305-4
 * Rounding the Human Corners: Poems, Coffee House Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-56689-210-0
 * People of the Whale: A Novel; W. W. Norton & Company, 2009, ISBN 978-0-393-33534-7
 * The Inner Journey: Views from Native Traditions (ed.) Morning Light Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-59675-026-5
 * Indios, poems, Wings Press, 2012
 * Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014
 * Indios, poems, Wings Press, 2012
 * Dark, Sweet: New and Selected Poems, Coffee House Press, 2014

Criticism

 * Dennis, Helen M. Native American Literature: Towards a Spatialized Reading. London, Routledge 2006. pp. 61–85.

In Anthology

 * Melissa Tuckey, ed. Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology. University of Georgia Press, 2018.