Paul Lindholdt

Paul Lindholdt is an American author, ecocritic, editor, and professor from Seattle. He teaches at Eastern Washington University, where he won a Washington State Book Award for his ecological memoir In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau and regional awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Academy of American Poets.

Professorship[]

Lindholdt began his career as a lecturer at Idaho State University from 1984–87 then continued at Western Washington University from 1987–90. In 1990 he visited at the University of Idaho as assistant professor until migrating back to his home state of Washington in 1994 at Eastern Washington University. 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 effective teachers at his university.^[2]

Lindholdt earned his PhD in early American literature and culture, emphasizing natural history. He studied the origins of science in the colonial period, a topic that fueled his abiding interest in environmental humanities. His teaching ranges from freshman honors to graduate research seminars. He has spoken at three symposia in France and dozens of stateside conferences.

Recognition[]

• Michael Chappell River Hero Award, Spokane Riverkeeper, 2018
• Washington State Book Award for Biography / Memoir, 2012, In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau (University of Iowa Press, 2011).^[3]
• First Place and Second Place, Society of Professional Journalists, Region 10, Energy and Environmental Reporting, 2000.
• Leonard Steinberg Memorial Prize, Academy of American Poets, Penn State University, 1984.

Books[]

• Making Landfall: Poems, Farmington, Maine: Encircle Publications, 2018.
• The Spokane River, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018.
• Explorations in Ecocriticism: Advocacy, Bioregionalism, and Visual Design, Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2015.
• In Earshot of Water: Notes from the Columbia Plateau, Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2011.
• The Canoe and the Saddle: A Critical Edition. [1862.] Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2006.
• Holding Common Ground: The Individual and Public Lands in the American West. Introduction and edited with Derrick Knowles. Spokane: Eastern Washington University Press, 2005.
• History and Folklore of the Cowichan Indians. [1901.] Phoenix: Marquette Books, 2004. Edited and introduction.
• Cascadia Wild: Protecting an International Ecosystem. Edited with Mitch Friedman. Bellingham, Washington: Greater Ecosystem Alliance, 1993.
• John Josselyn, Colonial Traveler: A Critical Edition of 'Two Voyages to New-England'." Hanover, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 1988.

Ecocriticism & Historiography[]

• "A Warrior's Portrait." Spokesman-Review Dec. 1, 2013.
• "Lokout (1834-1913)." HistoryLink Oct. 13, 2013
• "Antidotes to Humanism." The Trumpeter Journal of Ecosophy 28.1 (2012).
• "From Sublimity to Ecopornography: Assessing the Bureau of Reclamation Art Collection." Journal of Ecocriticism 1.1 (January 2009): 1-25.
• "The Fine Art of Bureaucracy." High Country News Jan. 19, 2009.
• "Theodore Winthrop in the Washington Territory." Columbia Spring 2007.
• "An Iconography of American Sabotage." Nature et Progrès: Interactions, Exclusions et Mutations. Ed. Pierre Lagayette. Paris: Presses de l'université, Paris Sorbonne, 2006. 151-68.

Personal life[]

Lindholdt married Karen Palrang at High Rock Lookout on Mt. Rainier in August 1994. Karen, a law student at the University of Idaho, had signed on to an environmental campaign Lindholdt organized. They have two grown sons and divide their time between Spokane, Washington, and Sandpoint, Idaho.^[4]

Educated at Penn State (PhD 1985) and Western Washington University (MA 1980, BA 1978), Lindholdt studied creative writing with John Balaban and Annie Dillard.

References[]

External links[]

• Carolyn Lamberson (September 9, 2012). "Book Notes: Lindholdt earns rare book award". The Spokesman-Review.
• Paul Lindholdt - Eastern Washington University website
• Rate My Professors website