B. J. Hollars

B.J. Hollars (born 1984) is an American author of literary essays and nonfiction novels. He is the winner of the Blei/Derleth Nonfiction Award (2014) and the Society of Midland Authors Adult Nonfiction Award (2012). Hollars is the author of Dispatches from the Drownings: Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction (University of New Mexico Press, 2014), Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence and the Last Lynching in America (University of Alabama Press, 2011) Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa (The University of Alabama Press, 2013) and other works.[1]

B.J. Hollars
Born1984
Monticello, Indiana
OccupationWriter and teacher
NationalityAmerican

Life and work

B.J. Hollars was born in Monticello, Indiana in 1984. He graduated as the senior class speaker at Knox College, where he delivered an address with former president Bill Clinton. He received his M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Alabama in 2010. Hollars's essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Parents Magazine, The Rumpus, TriQuarterly, Brevity, The Millions, Wisconsin Life, Terrain, Huffington Post, North American Review, Quarterly West, and many other literary journals.


Works

Books
  • Go West Young Man: A Father and Son Rediscover America on the Oregon Trail (forthcoming 2021)
  • Midwestern Strange: Hunting Monsters, Martians and the Weird in Flyover Country
  • The Road South: Personal Stories of the Freedom Riders
  • Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds
  • From the Mouths of Dogs: What Our Pets Teach Us About Life, Death, and Being Human
  • This Is Only A Test
  • Dispatches from the Drownings: Reporting the Fiction of Nonfiction
  • Opening the Doors: The Desegregation of the University of Alabama and the Fight for Civil Rights in Tuscaloosa
  • Sightings: Stories
  • Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence and the Last Lynching in America
  • Blurring the Boundaries: Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction
  • Monsters: A Collection of Literary Sightings
  • You Must Be This Tall To Ride: Contemporary Writers Take You Inside the Story

Chapbooks
  • Harbingers (Bull City Press, 2018)
  • In Defense of Monsters (Bull City Press, 2017)

References
  1. "Growing Up Awkwardly: An Interview with B.J. Hollars". Fiction Writers Review. Fiction Writers Review. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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