Background
Plath, James Walter was born on October 29, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Norman Arthur and Audrey Marie (Kuester) Plath.
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Plath, James Walter was born on October 29, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Norman Arthur and Audrey Marie (Kuester) Plath.
Bachelor in English, California State University, Chico, 1980; Master of Arts in English, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in English, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1988.
Teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1980-1987;
assistant Professor of English, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, 1988-1993;
associate professor, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, since 1994. Director Hemingway Days Writer's Workshop and Conference, Key West, Florida, since 1988. Judge Billee Murray Denny Poetry Awards, Lincoln (Illinois) College, since 1990.
Judge, panelist, speaker in field. Conductor fiction and poetry reading. Member literature panel Indiana Arts Commission, 1990, Illinois Arts Council, since 1992.
Volunteer youth soccer coach, Hartland, Wisconsin, Bloomington, 1981-1991. Co-chairman Cystic Fibrosis Bowl-for-Breath, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, 1983. Host Words Fair, Bloomington, 1991-1992.
Member Illinois College Press Association (Second vice president 1991-1993, 1st vice president 1994-1995, president since 1996), Council Literature Magazines and Presses (Editor's award 1990), Academy American Poets, Hemingway Society.
Married Carol Lynn Jacobson, November 15, 1973 (divorced August 1980). Children: Amy, Sheri, Brian, Cory. Married Zarina Sohrab Mullan, August 11, 1995.