Dr. Hess specializes in creative writing, including fiction and creative nonfiction. He is the author of the novel The Nostalgia Echo and the memoir A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop, among other books. He has published widely in American Studies and has written extensively on hip-hop and American culture in literary essays as well as academic works of cultural criticism.
Education
- B.A. University of Louisville
- M.A.T. University of Louisville
- Ph.D. University of Louisville
Courses Taught at Rider
- ENG 400 Advanced Creative Writing
- ENG 304 Creative Writing: Fiction
- ENG 305 Creative Writing: Nonfiction
- ENG 313 Creative Writing: Experimental
- ENG 206 Introduction to Creative Writing
- ENG 325 Jobs in Book Publishing
- ENG 405 Advanced Prose Style
- ENG 315 Topics in Specialized Writing
- MUS 225 Hip-Hop and American Culture
- AMS 308 Kurt Vonnegut’s America
Publications
Books
2018 Hess, Mickey. A Guest in the House of Hip-Hop. Cultural Nonfiction Series. New York: Ig Publishing, 2018. Print. [Creative Nonfiction: Memoir]
2014 Buddha Monk and Mickey Hess. The Dirty Version: On Stage, in the Studio, and in the Streets with Ol’ Dirty Bastard. New York: Dey Street/HarperCollins, 2014. Print. [Creative Nonfiction: Memoir/Biography]
2011 Hess, Mickey. The Nostalgia Echo. Chattanooga, TN: C&R, 2011. Print. [Novel]
2010 Hess, Mickey, ed. Hip Hop in America: A Regional Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2010. Print. [Edited Collection of Essays]
2008 Hess, Mickey. Big Wheel at the Cracker Factory. New Orleans: Garrett County Press, 2008. Print. [Creative Nonfiction: Memoir]
2007 Hess, Mickey, ed. Icons of Hip Hop: An Encyclopedia of the Movement, Music, and Culture. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2007. Print. [Edited Collection of Essays]
2007 Hess, Mickey. Is Hip Hop Dead? The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007. Print. [Scholarly Monograph]
Short Stories and Essays in Literary Journals
2010 Hess, Mickey. “A Hole in Germantown.” Hawaii Review 72 (Spring 2010): 47-60. Print.
2010 Hess, Mickey. “The Old Man and the Tree.” SLAB: The Sound and Literary Art Book of Slippery Rock University 6 (Jan 2010): 15-23. Print.
2009 Hess, Mickey. “Clifton, New Jersey.” Quick Fiction 16 (26 Oct 2009): 6. Print.
2009 Hess, Mickey. “The Novelist and the Rapper.” Front Porch: A Literary Journal of Texas State University’s MFA Program 12 (23 Oct 2009). Web.
2009 Hess, Mickey. “The Wig District.” Fourteen Hills: The San Francisco State University Review 15.2 (Spring 2009): 55-57. Print.
2007 Hess, Mickey. “Memoir.” Ninth Letter 4.1 (Spring/Summer 2007): 81-90. Print.
2006 Hess, Mickey. “A Cookout in Ketchum, Idaho.” Punk Planet 72 (Feb 2006): 98-99. Print.
2005 Hess, Danielle and Mickey Hess. “The Latest in Fake Meat Products.” In Dave Eggers, ed. Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans: The Best of McSweeney’s Humor Category. New York: Knopf, 2005: 211. Print.