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Richard Holeton
Born (1952-12-28) December 28, 1952 (age 72)
Orange, New Jersey
Education
Websiterichardholeton.org

Richard Holeton (born December 28, 1952) achieved notoriety in career both as a writer and as a higher-education administrator. Holeton's creative works are foundational in the hypertext and electronic literature genres. As a writer, Holeton's most notable work is the hypertext novel Figurski at Findhorn on Acid which has been recognized as an important early work of electronic literature[1] and is included in the hypertext [2] canon. Holeton's short fiction and poetry has also been recognized by critics including Thank You For Covering Your Lane and "March Madness, 1974". Holeton has also authored the textbooks Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age and Encountering Cultures: reading and writing in a changing world.

Biography

Early life and education

Richard Holeton was born in Orange, New Jersey and was raised in Bellevue, Washington. He moved to Palo Alto, California to attend Stanford University and remained in the Bay Area through his education at Stanford and later at San Francisco State University.

Career

After receiving his MA in 1986, Holeton began working as a writing lecturer at San Francisco State University, Cañada College, and Stanford University. He transitioned into working with technology and student computing. He worked to teach language and literature faculty methods of integrating computers into their classroom pedagogy.[3] and became an administrator with Stanford University Libraries and residential computing. During this time he worked with EDUCAUSE[4] and the New Media Consortium to co-develop the Learning Space Rating System.[5] Following his retirement from Stanford, Holeton is Assistant Vice Provost for Learning Environments, Emeritus and continues to provide leadership in students, learning spaces, and technology through Richard Holeton Consulting.

Holeton's career can be traced through his publications listed below, but in addition to those, his creative and critical contributions to the field of Electronic literature are captured in an Electronic Literature Knowledge Base (ELMCIP), article written by Eric Dean Rasmussen.[6] In 2014 Richard was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony which he spent working in the Schelling studio.[7]

Selected works

Books

Short fiction

Selected criticism of Holeton's work

  • Grigar, Dene (December 20, 2019). "A Man and His Shoes: Complexity and Satire in Richard Holeton's Figurski at Findhorn on Acid". Rebooting Electronic Literature, Vol. 2: Documenting pre-web born digital media. Nouspace Publications. Available: https://scalar.usc.edu/works/rebooting-electronic-literature-volume-2/essay-on-richard-holetons-figurski-at-findhorn-on-acid?path=richard-holetons-figurski-at-findhorn-on-acid
  • Heckman, Davin; O'Sullivan, James (2018). "Electronic Literature: Contexts and Poetics". Literary Studies in the Digital Age. MLA Commons. Available: dlsanthology.mla.hcommons.org/electronic-literature-contexts-and-poetics/
  • Ensslin, Astrid (2014). ""The Pen is Your Weapon of Choice": Ludic hypertext literature and the play with the reader". Literary Gaming. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0262027151.
  • Bell, Alice (2010). "The Colorful Worlds of Richard Holeton's (2001) 'Figurski at Findhorn on Acid'". The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–184. ISBN 978-0-230-28128-8.

See also

References

  1. ^ Grigar, Dene (2019-12-20). Rebooting Electronic Literature, Volume 2: Documenting Pre-Web Born Digital Media. Nouspace Publications. p. 01.
  2. ^ Ensslin, Astrid (2007-07-09). Canonizing Hypertext: Explorations and Constructions. London: Continuum. p. 66. ISBN 9781472542281.
  3. ^ Basu, Janet (1988-03-30). "Emerging from the Electronic Cave".
  4. ^ EDUCUASE. "Entry for Richard Holeton at EDUCAUSE.org". EDUCAUSE Directory. Educause.org. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  5. ^ Learning Space Rating System, educause.edu
  6. ^ Rasmussen, Eric Dean. "Richard Holeton". Electronic Literature Knowledge Base. ELMCIP. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  7. ^ MacDowell Colony. "Richard Holeton, Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  8. ^ Holeton, Richard (2001). Figurski at Findhorn on Acid. Boston: Eastgate Systems, Inc. ISBN 1884511406.
  9. ^ Holeton, Richard (1998). Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age. McGraw Hill. ISBN 0070295484.
  10. ^ Holeton, Richard (1992). Encountering Cultures: Reading and Writing in a Changing World. Prentice Hall. ISBN 9780131763791.
  11. ^ Holeton, Richard (1995). Encountering Cultures: Reading and Writing in a Changing World. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0132998270.
  12. ^ Holeton, Richard (Summer 2020). "WAIF OD". F(r)iction. 16.
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