Poet
Editor
Teacher
Bio
James Henry Knippen is a poet, editor, and teacher from the Chicago suburbs.
His debut collection Would We Still Be won the 2020 New Issues Poetry Prize and is forthcoming from New Issues Poetry & Prose. He is the winner of 92 Y/Boston Review Discovery Prize and an AWP Intro Journal Award. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in 32 poems, AGNI, Bennington Review, The Cincinnati Review, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Denver Quarterly, DIAGRAM, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review Online, The Missouri Review Online, Smartish Pace, and West Branch, among other journals. He serves as the poetry editor of Newfound, an online literary and visual arts journal whose work explores how place shapes identity, imagination, and understanding.
James received his MFA from Texas State University, where he taught creative writing, composition, and developmental writing from 2011-2017. He currently works at Utica College, where he teaches literature, composition, and developmental writing; co-directs the Jackson Lunch Hour series; and is the Writing Specialist for the Higher Education Opportunity Program.
