James Hoggard

Background

James Hoggard was born on June 21, 1941 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, United States. He is a son of Earl Reid Hoggard, a Methodist minister, and Helen Marie C. Hoggard.

Education

In 1963 James Hoggard received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University. In 1965 he obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of Kansas.

Career

From 1965 to 1966 James Hoggard was a reporter for Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas. From 1966 to 1968 he served as an instructor at Midwestern State University, an assistant professor from 1968 to 1972. In 1972 Hoggard was promoted to associate professor and worked in this position for five years. In 1977 he became a professor. From 1997 to 2001 James was McMurtry Distinguished Professor of English and was appointed Parkins-Prothro Distinguished Professor of English in 2001.

Achievements

• James Hoggard is best known as poet, translator and author whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including Arts & Letters, Harvard Review, and Words Without Borders. His writing has won numerous awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship and the Short Story Award from Texas Institute of Letters.

Works

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  • The Devil's Fingers & Other Personal Essays

    (The more than two dozen personal essays in this new colle...)

    2013
  • Elevator Man: The Bobby Johnson Story

    (This book explores the life of wheeler-dealer grain eleva...)

    1983
  • Trotter Ross

    (Set in north Texas, and the Southwest in general, this co...)

    1981
  • Chronicle of My Worst Years

    (As a Chicano writer working in Spanish, Tino Villanueva e...)

    1994
  • Love Breaks

    (First published in Chile in 1981 and immediately banned b...)

    1981
  • Soon After Rain

    (James Hoggard’s new collection of poems is an elegant, hi...)

    2015
  • Triangles of Light: The Edward Hopper Poems

    (Conjuring the voice of Edward Hopper, this powerful colle...)

    2009
  • Stolen Verses and Other Poems

    (Oscar Hahn has been hailed by postmodernist master Enriqu...)

    2000
  • Riding the Wind and Other Tales

    (This collection of tales represents Hoggard’s nearly thir...)

    1997
  • The Mayor's Daughter

    (The Mayor's Daughter is set during the 1920s, in the nort...)

    2011
  • Wearing the River

    (These poems inquire into what makes life worth living in ...)

    2005
  • Two Gulls, One Hawk

    (This is a collection of poetry.)

    1983
  • Rain In A Sunlit Sky

    (This is a collection of poetry.)

    2000
  • James Hoggard: New and Selected Poems

    (This is a collection of poetry.)

    2015
  • Medea in Taos

    (This is a collection of poems.)

    2000
  • The Shaper Poems 1983

Membership

James Hoggard is a member of the American Literary Translators Association, the Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers.

Interests

• running, biking

Connections

James Hoggard was married Bonnie Hubly. The marriage ended on May 19, 1975. On May 23, 1976 he married Lynn Taylor, a professor and writer. James has two children from his first marriage: J. Jordan, Bryn M. Hoggard Basiardanes.

Father:

Earl Reid Hoggard

Mother:

Helen C. Hoggard

Spouse:

Lynn Taylor

ex-spouse:

Bonnie Hubly

Son:

J. Jordan Hoggard

Daughter:

Bryn M. Hoggard Basiardanes

References

• Contemporary Authors
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