James Grinwis

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James Grinwis
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Occupation Poet

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]

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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

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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]

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References

  1. Forrest Roth, "Depth Charge: James Grinwis", Art Voice, http://artvoice.com/issues/v5n9/depth_charge
  2. 1 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. 1 2 "Exhibit of Forking Paths" (Review), Publishers Weekly, 11/28/2011, http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56689-280-3