Vincent James (he/him) is the author of Snap Shot (Stalking Horse Press, 2027), Acacia, a Book of Wonders (Texas Review Press, 2023), the chapbook, Rady, or Squirrelhunter (Ravenna Press, 2021), and the collaborative novel, Swerve (Astrophil Press, 2021). Other work has appeared in Juked, Tarpaulin Sky, Heavy Feather Review, Annulet: A Journal of Poetics, Gulf Stream, Texas Review, Prick of the Spindle, Essay Daily, and others.

James lives and writes in the Driftless area of Wisconsin, where he is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Viterbo University. He earned a PhD in English & Creative Writing from the University of Denver and served as the Associate Editor and Managing Editor of Denver Quarterly. Previously, he taught ethics and composition at Colorado School of Mines and creative writing in the low-res MFA at Naropa’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. He is also a ranchhand at the artistic retreat center, Red Clover Ranch.

e: vincent@fatherfever.com