James R. Whitley

James R. Whitley's work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has appeared or is forthcoming in several publications, including Barrelhouse, Can We Have Our Ball Back?, elimae, Gargoyle, the Mississippi Review, the Oklahoma Review, Pebble Lake Review, Poetry Southeast, strange fruit, and Texas Poetry Journal. His first book, Immersion, won the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award. His second collection, This Is the Red Door, won the Ironweed Press Poetry Prize and will be published in 2007. He is also the author of two poetry chapbooks: Pietà and The Golden Web.