Paul Lindholdt

Paul Lindholdt is an American author, ecocritic, editor, and professor from Seattle, Washington. Currently at Eastern Washington University, Lindholdt received a 2012 Washington State Book Award for his ecological memoir In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau. Previously, he won recognition regionally from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Academy of American Poets.

Paul Lindholdt
Born
Seattle, Washington
Known forLiterary Nonfiction
AwardsWashington State Book Award, 2012
Scientific career
FieldsLiterature, Creative Writing
InstitutionsEastern Washington University
University of Idaho

Professorship

Lindholdt began his career as a lecturer at Idaho State University from 1984–87 and then continued as a lecturer at Western Washington University from 1987–90. In 1990 he took a position at the University of Idaho as a visiting assistant professor until migrating back to his home state of Washington as a lecturer at Eastern Washington University in 1994. He was promoted to Assistant Professor (1997–2003), Associate Professor (2003–07), and Professor of English from 2007–present.[1] Students rank him among the ten most popular teachers at his university.[2]

Recognition

Books

Ecocriticism & Historiography

Memoir

Personal Life

Lindholdt married Karen Palrang at High Rock Lookout on Mt. Rainier in August 1994. They met when Karen, a law student at the University of Idaho, joined an environmental campaign Lindholdt was organizing. They have two grown sons together and homes in Spokane, Washington, and Sandpoint, Idaho.[4]

Educated at Penn State (PhD 1985) and Western Washington University (MA 1980, BA 1978), Lindholdt studied creative writing under poet John Balaban [5] and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Annie Dillard[6].

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gollark: You will toggle the state of the switch.
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gollark: That policy was promulgated by a malfunctioning bee sphere.
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References
  1. "Paul Lindholdt, PhD". Ewu.edu. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  2. "Professors consider website ratings". Easterneronline.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. "Washington State Book Award Winners". Spl.org. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. "Our Stockholders" (PDF). Ewu.edu. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balaban
  6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dillard
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