Henry Hoke (born 1983 as Henry Hoke Perkins[1]) is an American author known for hybrid books.[2] He directs Enter>text, a business organising annual events, described as a 'living literary journal', and his short fiction and non-fiction have been published in Electric Literature,[3] Hobart,[4] The Collagist,[5] Birkensnake,[6] and Joyland.[7]
Henry Hoke | |
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 Henry Hoke reads at Housing Works bookstore, New York City, June 2018 | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | http://www.henryhoke.com |
Early life and education
editHoke was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.[8] He is a great-grandson of Walter W. Bankhead and a cousin of Tallulah Bankhead.[9] He earned his MFA in creative writing from California Institute of the Arts.[10]
Enter>text
editHoke co-created Enter>text, a series of large-scale immersive literary events, in Los Angeles in 2011.[11] Enter>text has been performed at the &NOW Festival,[12][13] Machine Project,[14][15] Human Resources,[16] the Pasadena Museum of California Art,[17] and the Neutra VDL House.[18][19][20] Over 150 performers have appeared in Enter>text, including Kate Durbin, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Douglas Kearney and Ryka Aoki.
Awards
editHoke's story collection Genevieves won the 2015 book prize for prose from Subito Press at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[21] Open Throat was shortlisted for the PEN/Falkner Award for Fiction of 2024.[22]
Bibliography
edit- —— (2016). The Book of Endless Sleepovers. Civil Coping Mechanisms. ISBN 9781937865771.
- —— (2017). Genevieves. Subito. ISBN 9780990661283.
- —— (2021). The Groundhog Forever. WTAW. ISBN 9781732982055.
- —— (2022). Sticker. Bloomsbury. ISBN 9781501367229.
- —— (2023). Open Throat. Macmillan. ISBN 9780374609870.
References
edit- ^ "Obituary of Barbara Bankhead Oliver". Daily Mountain Eagle. July 24, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Darling, Kristina (September 18, 2017). "Almost Everyone Was Mistaken: On Secrets, Light, and the Lyric Imagination". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
Hoke's Genevieves, for instance, reads as a ledger of what cannot, will not, be said aloud. Presented as a series of intricately linked hybrid texts, which are each themselves comprised of discrete episodes, Hoke's writing allows uncertainty to accumulate in the space between things.
- ^ Hoke, Henry. "Electric Literature". Electric Literature. Medium. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Hoke, Henry. "Sour Widows". Hobart. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Hoke, Henry. "Surprise Island". The Collagist. Dzanc Books. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Hoke, Henry. "Paws". Birkensnake. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Hoke, Henry. "Beacon". Joyland Magazine. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "VaReads Writer of the Week: Henry Hoke". Virginia Center for the Book. Virginia Humanities. July 13, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Obituary of Barbara Bankhead Oliver". Daily Mountain Eagle. July 24, 2018. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Henry Hoke". CalArts MFA Creative Writing Alumni Portal. CalArts MFA Creative Writing Program. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Reizman, Renée (October 10, 2018). "Ephemeral Art in the Perpetually Transforming City of Los Angeles". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic Media Inc. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
In its seven-year history, Enter>Text has staged events in three locations that no longer exist; their first shows were in a converted warehouse in Cypress Park inhabited by CalArts alumni, where co-founders Henry Hoke and Marco Franco Di Dominico met.
- ^ "@NOW 2015". Sched.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Guide to &NOW 2015". Entropy Magazine. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Lewis, Amanda (April 3, 2012). "Taiwanese Surf Rock Puppetry?! Yes, Please". LA Weekly, LP. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Enter>text at RETURN TO FOREVERHOUSE". Machine Project. December 2, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Enter>Text – A Living Literary Journal". Human Resources. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Barrera, Sandra (April 11, 2018). "What you can do at these museums after hours (including ghost hunting)". Los Angeles Daily News. Southern California News Group. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Liang, Elizabeth (May 5, 2017). "One House Twice at the Historic Neutra Studio and Residences". 24700. California Institute of the Arts. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Altunian, Lara. "ENTER>text and homeLA Activate the Silverlake Neutra Home in One House Twice". This Stage Magazine. LA Stage Alliance. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Reizman, Renée (October 10, 2018). "Ephemeral Art in the Perpetually Transforming City of Los Angeles". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic Media Inc. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
Inside the historic Neutra VDL House on Silver Lake Boulevard, two dancers fold themselves over midcentury modern furniture...For one night only, One House Twice, curated by the dance project homeLA and live literary journal Enter>Text, opened the by-appointment-only institution to the public.
- ^ "2015 Contest Winners". Subito Press. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction". The PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Retrieved May 13, 2023.