Richard Holinger’s fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction have appeared in Chautauqua, The Southern Review, Witness, SIR, Hobart, Prime Number, Boulevard, and elsewhere. Nominations include the Pushcart Prize (7), Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and published in Best Microfiction 2025. Publications include North of Crivitz (poetry, Kelsay Books); Down from the Sycamores (poetry chapbook, Finishing Line); Kangaroo Rabbits and Galvanized Fences (humor, Dreaming Big); Unimaginable Things (stories & novella, Main Street Rag Publications) and Manure Dreams (essays, Winner, Choeofpleirn Press Nonfiction Award 2025, one a “Notable” in 2018 Best American Essays). He holds a Ph.D. from UIC and survived as a secondary school teacher and adjunct instructor for forty years. He lives in rural northern Illinois.
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