Ann Hostetler, Professor of English
English department
1700 S. Main St.
Goshen College
Goshen IN 46526-4795
E-mail: anneh@goshen.edu
Fax: (574) 535-7293
Office phone: (574) 535-7469
Education
B.A., Kenyon College, 1976
M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1982
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1996
Goshen College, 1998-
Ann Hostetler is the author of Empty Room with Light and editor
of A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry. She has published scholarly
work in PMLA, as well as articles in the Mennonite Quarterly
Review and Emerson Studies Quarterly. Ann has also published
poetry in The American Scholar, The Cream City Review, Mankato
Poetry Review and other literary journals. She is the site editor for the online Center for Mennonite Writing.
Ann was a featured speaker, poet, and panelist at the "Mennonite/s Writing: Manitoba and Beyond" conference at the University of Winnipeg in October 2009.
Courses
Intro to Creative Writing; Poetry; Writing; Creative Nonfiction; American Literature Surveys; British Literature: 1800 - Present; American Indian Literature; African American Literature; and Literature and Writing.
Research
"Mennonites, Indians, Poetry and Peace: Anna Ruth Ediger Baehr and the Southern Cheyenne," Goshen College, press release, March 11, 2003"Three Women Poets and the Beginnings of Mennonite Poetry in the U.S: Anna Ruth Ediger Baehr, Jane Rohrer, Jean Janzen (.PDF), " Mennonite Quarterly Review, article
Publications & poems
Heirlooms, The Valparaiso Poetry Review, 2008
A
Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry, University of Iowa Press,
2003
Empty
Room with Light: Poems, Pandora Press, 2002
Thumbelina
and Apparition, Dreamseeker Magazine, Autumn 2001
Hostetler 'in the media'
Some New Voices in Mennonite Poetry: A Review Essay, MQR, vol. 84, no. 2, April 2010.
Speaking from Experience, The Record, Jan. 21, 2009.
Goshen College English Department launches New Center for Mennonite Writing online, Goshen College press archives, Jan. 19, 2009.
The art of reading poetry, Mennonite Brethren Herald, Dec. 5, 2003First anthology of Mennonite poetry released by Goshen professor, The Newton Kansan, article, Oct. 24, 2003
Comprehensive anthology of Mennonite poetry released by Goshen College English professor, Goshen College, press release, Oct. 17, 2003
Women poets partner for reading Jan. 10 at Goshen College, Goshen College, press release, Jan. 9, 2003
The Eight-Year Road of a Poet-Scholar: An Interview with Ann Hostetler, Mennonite Life, Interview, Dec. 2002
Celebrating the words and the Word – Nearly 300 writers gather at Goshen College for Mennonite/s Writing: An International Conference Oct. 24-27, Goshen College, press release, 2002
Goshen College professor will deliver 2002-2003 C. Henry Smith Lecture; Hostetler to discuss Mennonite poet’s connection with Cheyenne, Goshen College, press release, May 21, 2002
