James Arthur was born in Connecticut and raised in Canada. His debut poetry collection is entitled Charms against Lightning (Copper Canyon Press, 2012). Arthur has taught composition at Northwest Missouri State University and is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins. He lives in the Baltimore area with his wife, the fiction writer Shannon Robinson.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Interpretation of a Painted Landscape, poetry, in Winter 2016
- Renaissance Fair, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2015–2016
- Troy, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2014–2015
- The Sympathy of Angels, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2013–2014
- Reading His Poetry, a narrative outloud - audio, in Winter 2012
- Song of the Doppelgänger, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2010–2011
- Omnivore, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2010–2011
- Six Poems, poetry, in Spring 2011