Joseph Geha Explained

Joseph Geha
Birth Date:	1944
Birth Place:	Zahle, Lebanon
Occupation:	Professor-emeritus at Iowa State University

Joseph Geha (born 1944, Zahle, Lebanon), professor-emeritus at Iowa State University, is the author of two books, Through and Through: Toledo Stories,^[1] one of the first books of modern Arab-American fiction, and Lebanese Blonde,^[2] a novel. He has also published poems, plays, essays and short fiction in periodicals and anthologies such as Esquire,^[3] Growing Up Ethnic in America,^[4] and The New York Times.^[5]

Education

Geha moved to the United States in 1946 with his family, and in 1962 graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, Ohio.^[6] He graduated from the University of Toledo in 1966 with a B.A., and 1968 with an M.A. in English. Before coming to Iowa State in 1977, he taught English and Creative Writing at Missouri State University, Bowling Green State University and the University of Toledo.^[7]

Awards

Geha was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1988 and a Pushcart Prize in Fiction in 1990.^{[8] [9]} His work was chosen for inclusion in the Permanent Collection, Arab-American Archive, of the Smithsonian Institution. He was named an Arab American Book Award Winner in 2013 for his novel Lebanese Blonde.^[10]

Works

• Through and Through: Toledo Stories (1990, Graywolf Press; 2009 second, expanded version, University of Syracuse Press) (short fiction)
• Flyway: Arab American Writing (2002, Iowa State University) (editor)
• Lebanese Blonde (2012, University of Michigan Press) (novel)

Scholarly criticism

• Salaita, Steven (2001). "Sand Niggers, Small Shops, and Uncle Sam: Cultural Negotiation in the Fiction of Joseph Geha and Diana Abu-Jaber" (PDF). Criticism. 43 (4). Retrieved July 30, 2016 – via Project MUSE.

External links

• News: Miller. Michael. Lebanese Blonde. 24 February 2013. Toledo Free Press. November 6, 2012.
• Web site: Nebbe. Charity. "Lebanese Blonde" by Joseph Geha. Iowa Public Radio. 24 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106033002/http://news.iowapublicradio.org/term/joseph-geha. 6 January 2014.

Notes and References

1. Book: Geha, Joseph. Through and through : Toledo stories. Syracuse University Press. 2009. 9780815650966. Second . Syracuse, NY. 878804900.
2. Book: Geha, Joseph. Lebanese blonde : a novel. 2012. The University of Michigan Press. 9780472118458. Ann Arbor. 778074345.
3. Web site: Go Figure. Geha. Joseph. Feb 20, 2007. Esquire. January 22, 2013.
4. Book: Gillian, Maria Maziotti. Growing Up Ethnic in America: Contemporary Fiction About Learning to Be American. 1999. Penguin Books. 0140280634.
5. News: Geha. Joseph. Remember Who You Are. New York Times Sunday Review of Books. July 14, 1991.
6. News: UT ALUM TO READ PASSAGE FROM NEW BOOK. Purdue. Brian. November 9, 2012. UT News. July 30, 2016.
7. News: Lane. Tahree. Toledo native's past shapes novel. 5 February 2013. Toledo Blade. November 4, 2012.
8. Web site: National Endowment for the Arts. 24 December 2013. 6 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034304/http://arts.gov/content/joseph-geha. dead.
9. News: Polk. James. In Short: Fiction. 24 December 2013. New York Times. November 11, 1990.
10. News: Lai. Daniel. Arab American Authors Honored for Literary Contributions. 24 December 2013. Dearborn Patch. July 10, 2013.