James Plath Author & Editor

James Plath is R. Forrest Colwell Chair of English at Illinois Wesleyan University, where he has taught American literature, journalism, and creative writing for the past 27 years. The recipient of his university’s highest teaching award, he is also the author of four books: Conversations with John Updike (University Press of Mississippi, 1994), Remembering Ernest Hemingway (Ketch & Yawl Press, 1999) Historic Photos of Ernest Hemingway (Turner Publishing, 2009), and Critical Insights: Raymond Carver (Salem Press, 2013). Plath has also published on Ann Beattie and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and serves as president of The John Updike Society, which owns and is restoring The John Updike Childhood Home as a literary site and museum. Gail Sinclair is Scholar-in-Residence and Executive Director of The Winter Park Institute at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She is the coauthor of Key West Hemingway: A Reassessment with Kirk Curnutt. Kirk Curnutt is the Chair and Professor of English at Troy University in Troy, Alabama. He is the coauthor of Key West Hemingway: A Reassessment with Gail Sinclair.