Linda Hogan is a Chickasaw fiction writer and poet. Born on July 16, 1967, Hogan grew up in Colorado and Oklahoma. Hogan's father was a member of the Chickasaw Nation and her childhood was largely informed by the nearby community. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and was later awarded a master's degree in English and creative writing from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Hogan's work is often about Native American culture and the environment, featuring characters who are concerned with preserving their land and heritage. Author Barbara Kingsolver described the wide scope of Hogan's work in the following way: "Hogan's remarkable gift is a language of her own, moving gracefully between ordinary conversation and the embrace of divinity."
Hogan is the author of the novels People of the Whale (2009), Power (1999), Solar Storms (1995), and Mean Spirit (1991). She is also the author of the poetry collections Dark, Sweet (2014), The Book of Medicines (1993), and Savings (1988). She has received the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry as well as the 2016 Thoreau Prize, The Oklahoma Book Award for Fiction, The Colorado Book Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Hogan is the Chickasaw Nation's Writer in Residence. Additionally, she was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize. Hogan currently resides in Oklahoma and teaches at the University of Colorado.
People of the Whale is a novel by American author Linda Hogan. Published in 2008, it depicts the trials of a Native American man named Thomas, and various members of his family, as they struggle with the loss of their culture in the face of...
