Joseph Daniel Haske (born June 6, 1974 in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan) is an American writer, author of North Dixie Highway.[1] He received the 2011 Boulevard Emerging Writers Award for short fiction.[2]
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| Born | Joseph Daniel Haske June 6, 1974 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Cedarville High School Lake Superior State University (BA) Bowling Green State University University of Texas–Pan American (MFA) |
| Spouse | Bertha |
| Children | 2 |
Early life and education
editHaske was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He attended Cedarville High School in Cedarville, Michigan,[3][4] followed by Lake Superior State University where he graduated in 1999 with a BA in English.[5] Haske was fascinated by naturalist and modernist fiction, as well as Transcendentalist philosophy, which most reflected the way he saw himself in his natural environment.[citation needed] For a brief time, he joined the military and served in the infantry during the Clinton administration. When he returned, he completed his studies in English at Bowling Green State University.[3]
Career
editHaske moved in 2003 to McAllen, TX, where he began teaching at South Texas College, and he was the Chair of the English Department there for a few years. He completed an MFA at UTRGV (then PanAm University) in Edinburg, Texas. There, he started working on his first novel, North Dixie Highway, a book about the troubled youth of Buck Metzger, a "Yooper" like himself, who seeks to avenge the death of his grandfather.[6]
Publications
editHaske wrote for a number of publications, including The Texas Review,[7] The Four-Way Review,[8] Pleiades,[9] Boulevard,[10] Fiction International,[11] Rampike,[12] etc. His work has been translated into French and Romanian and has appeared in Canadian and Romanian publications. He edits for various journals, including Sleipnir[13] and American Book Review.[14]
Books
editNorth Dixie Highway, (Oct 2013, Texas Review Press). This novel goes back and forth in time to show moments from the life of Buck Metzger and his colorful family: his intimidating grandfather, his intelligent grandmother, his rough uncle, his high class girlfriend, in a story of devotion, idealism, violence and tribal revenge.[15][16]
Personal life
editHe is married to Bertha, and has two children, Ferny and Joey.[5]
References
edit- ^ Haske, Joseph D. (November 6, 2013). North Dixie Highway. Texas Review Press. ISBN 978-1937875688.
- ^ "Boulevard Vol. 28, 3". gumroad.com.
- ^ a b "LSSU graduate and author Joseph Haske to speak at library". The Sault News. June 21, 2016.
- ^ McCann, Gary Garth (February 20, 2015). "Interview with Joesph D Haske, author of North Dixie Highway". Late Last Night Books.
- ^ a b McMyne, Mary. "Interview: Joseph Haske on his debut novel, North Dixie Highway". Border Crossing.
- ^ Shonkwiler, Eric (June 28, 2016). "Review: North Dixie Highway". The Coil.
- ^ "Texas Review Press". texasreviewpress.org.
- ^ "Joseph D. Haske". Four Way Review.
- ^ "issues " pleiadesmag". www.pleiadesmag.com.
- ^ "TOC 92 & 93". Boulevard.
- ^ "Issue 44: DV8 – Fiction International". fictioninternational.sdsu.edu.
- ^ "RAMPIKE vol.24 no.1".
- ^ "Editors". Sleipnir Literary Journal.
- ^ "American Book Review :: Joseph D. Haske". americanbookreview.org.
- ^ Oliver, Jacob (2017). "From Our Own". American Book Review. 38 (3): 30. doi:10.1353/abr.2017.0047. S2CID 149053315.
- ^ Andreasen, Liana (June 15, 2015). "Review of North Dixie Highway by Joseph Haske". The Journal.