James Grinwis

James Grinwis is an American writer specialising in poetry, best known for the book Exhibit of Forking Paths. He has also produced very short stories.[1]

James Grinwis
Born
United States
OccupationPoet

Early life

Grinwis graduated from Kent School in 1990. He also graduated from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers. He attended Hamilton College before graduate school at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.[2]

Awards

Works
  • City From Nome (National Poetry Review Press, 2011)
  • Exhibit of Forking Paths (Coffee House, 2011)[3][4]

Reaction

Publishers Weekly praised Exhibit of Forking Paths for poems that are "fun, disjunctive, and seem improvisatory, while also sturdy".[4] James Heflin has described how Grinwis "piles images into mad quilts that instantly intrigue, and later tumble into intuitive meaning".[2]

References
  1. Forrest Roth, "Depth Charge: James Grinwis", Art Voice, http://artvoice.com/issues/v5n9/depth_charge
  2. James Heflin, "Art in Paradise: A Harpoon by the Door", The Valley Advocate (Northampton, MA), December 01, 2011, http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=14368
  3. Micah Bateman, "James Grinwis's Exhibit of Forking Paths", Iowa Review, http://iowareview.uiowa.edu/?q=reviews/sep-19-2011/james_grinwis_s_exhibit_of_forking_paths Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Exhibit of Forking Paths" (Review), Publishers Weekly, 11/28/2011, http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56689-280-3
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