John Hoppenthaler
Affiliation
Publications
selected publications
presentations
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presentation
- Elder Care: Toward a Poetics of Gerontology (Reading and Discussion), South Atlantic Modern Language Association 2024
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Panel Discussion: Glendale Shoals Preserve: Resident Reflections, via ZOOM. Wofford College,8 May 2024.
, Goodall Center for Environmental Studies Annual Residency Fellows Event 2024 -
"Panel Discussion: What is the Value of Poetry in the Contemporary World?"
, Manhattanville College Fall Poetry Festival 2023 2023 - Lecture. "Indigenous Poets at the Center of the Page: An Introduction to the Poems of Joy Harjo and Natalie Diaz.", The Chautauqua Institution 2023
- Celebrating 30 Years:Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2023
- "John Hoppenthaler Presents Toni Morrison's The Source of Self-Regard", The Chautauqua Institution 2020
- "Each One Teach One: Introducing New Writers to Literary Submission Procedures.", Annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference 2020
- "Teaching Natasha Trethewey's Native Guard: A Southern Focus.", Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2020
- "What I Learned as Toni Morrison's Assistant and Other Stories", South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) 2019
- Introduction to "Toni Morrison: The Pices I am," a documentary by Timothy Greenfield Sanders, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Film Club 2019
- "The Minor is Major: Talking about the Creative Writing Minor", Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2019
- A Foot in Two Cultures: First Generation American Poets, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2018
- Preserving the Memory: Strategies for Keeping the Work of Deceased Poets Alive, Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference 2018
Research
principal investigator on
- Wake County United Arts Artist Support Grant awarded by Wake County United Arts 2024 - 2025
- Residency Fellowship to the Dairy Hollow Artist Colony awarded by Dairy Hollow Artist Colony 2024
- HCAS REASSIGNMENT AWARD FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026 awarded by Harriot College of Arts & Sciences 2024
- Residency Fellowship to the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities awarded by Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities 2023
- Goodall Visiting Fellows Program awarded by Wofford College 2022
- ECU Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant awarded by Harriot College of Arts and Sciences 2022
- HCAS REASSIGNMENT AWARD FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-22 awarded by HCAS 2020
- Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant awarded by Harriot College 2019
- Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant 2015
- North Carolina Community Council for the Arts Regional Artist Project Grant awarded by Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge with grant support from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Arts Councils of eastern NC and through private contributions . 2014
Service
professional service activities
- Judged the 2024-2025 Virginia Poetry Society Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Poetry Contest. Judged the 2024-2025 Virginia Poetry Society Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Poetry Contest. 2024
- The Chautauqua Prize The Chautauqua Prize. Served as a reader for the 2025 book prize. 2024
- Wrote a cover appreciation (blurb) for a new book by Scott Owens. Wrote a cover appreciation (blurb) for a new book by Scott Owens. 2023
- Wrote a cover appreciation (blurb) for a new book by Suzanne Manizza Roszak Wrote a cover appreciation (blurb) for a new book by Suzanne Manizza Roszak 2022
- CHARLOTTE WISE MEMORIAL CONTEST JUDGED THE 2023 CHARLOTTE WISE MEMORIAL POETRY CONTEST. 2022
- Wrote letter of recommendation for ECU Visiting Assistant Professor Wrote a letter of recommendation for ECU Visiting Assistant Professor Jessica Walker. 2022
- Backbone Press I serve as Advisory Board Chair for Backbone Press, a small independent press specializing in the publication and promotion of marginalized voices.https://backbonepress.org/ 2020
- Poetry Society of Virginia Judged the 2021 Virginia Poetry Society Anne Spencer Memorial Poetry Prize. 2020
- 2020 Poetry Society of Virginia Honoring Fatherhood Award Judged the ;2020 Poetry Society of Virginia Honoring Fatherhood Award. 2019
- Poetry Contest Judge Judge for the ;2020 Poetry Society of South Carolina Spring Poetry Contest Forum Prize 2019
- Reader for the 12th Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition Reader for the 12th Annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition 2019
- Tusculum University Annual Curtis Owens Awards Judged the 2020 ;Tusculum University Annual Curtis Owens Awards 2019
- AWP Donald Hall Prize Screening Screener for AWPDonald Hall Book Prize. 2018 - 2019
- A Poetry Congeries Ongoing editorship of A Poetry Congeries, a by-solicitation-only literary journal that is a compnent of Connotation Press: An Online Artifact. 2016 - 2018
- Acted as an external reviewer for the tenure/promotion application of Catherine Pierce, Mississippi State University. Acted as an external reviewer for the tenure/promotion application of Catherine Pierce, Mississippi State University. 2017
- Acted as an external reviewer for the tenure/promotion application of Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Penn State Altoona University Acted as an external reviewer for the tenure/promotion application of Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Penn State Altoona University 2017
- Letter of Recommendation for Dan Stanford Wrrote a letter of recommendation for Dan Stanford at Pitt CC in his application to becomr department chair 2017
- Pamlico Writers initial Eastern NC Poet Laureate Search Served as one of three judges to choose the first poet laureate for eastern NC. 2017
- Judged the 2017 Mahan Award for Poetry and Academy of American Poets Prize for Washington and Lee University Judged the 2017 Mahan Award ($1,000 award) for Poetry and Academy of American Poets Prize ($100 award) for Washington and Lee University 2017
- Judged the 2017 Virginia Poetry Society Loretta Dunn Hall Memorial Poetry Contest Judged the 2017 Virginia Poetry Society Loretta Dunn Hall Memorial Poetry Contest 2017
- Acted as an external reviewer for the tenure/promotion application of Bethany Schultz Hurst, Idaho State University Acted as an external reviewer for the tenure/promotion application of Bethany Schultz Hurst, Idaho State University 2016
- Pamlico Writers Competition Judged the Poetry Category 2015
- Diana G. Woodcock Provided a letter of recommendation for poet Diana G. Woodcock, who teaches at VCU-Quatar, in support of her application for a Elizabeth George Foundation Grant to further her reserach and work about the Everglades. 2014
- Monmouth University Visited the graduate creative writing class of Michael Waters and partcipated in critique of student work, 2014