Jim Daniels

James Raymond Daniels (b. 1956 in Warren, Michigan) is an American poet and writer. He is best known as a major figure in working-class poetry in the United States.

Since 1981, Daniels has been on the faculty of the creative writing program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is the Thomas Stockham Baker Professor of English.

He won the inaugural Brittingham Prize in Poetry in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was educated at Alma College and Bowling Green State University.

He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, the poet Kristin Kovacic, and their children.

The majority of Daniels' papers can be found within the Special Collections department of Michigan State University's main library, and are currently being processed.

Works

* "Factory Poems", poetry (Alma: Jack-in-the-Box Press, 1979)
* "On the Line", poetry (Menomonee Falls: Signpost Press, 1981)
* "Places/Everyone", poetry (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1985)
* "The Long Ball", poetry (Pittsburgh: Pig-in-a-Poke Press, 1988)
* "Digger's Territory", poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 1989)
* "Punching Out", poetry (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990)
* "Hacking It", poetry (St. Clair Shores: Ridgeway Press, 1992)
* "M-80", poetry (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)
* "The Carnegie Mellon Anthology of Poetry", (co-editor), a poetry anthology (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1993)
* "Niagara Falls", poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 1994)
* "No Pets", screenplay (Braddock: Braddock Films, 1994)
* "Letters to America: Contemporary Poetry on Race", (editor), a poetry anthology (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1995)
* "Blessing the House", poetry (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993)
* "Brooding the Heartlands", poetry (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 1998)
* "No Pets", stories (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 1999)
* "Blue Jesus", poetry (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000)
* "American Poetry: The Next Generation", (co-editor), a poetry anthology (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2000)
* "Black Vinyl, Red Vinyl", poetry (Toledo: Aureole Press, 2001)
* "Greatest Hits", poems (Johnstown: Pudding House Press, 2002)
* "Night with Drive-by Shooting Stars", poems (Kalamazoo: New Issues Press, 2002)
* "Digger's Blues", poetry (Easthampton: Adastra Press, 2002)
* "Detroit Tales", stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2003)
* "Show and Tell: New and Selected Poems", poetry (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2003)
* "Street", poems (Huron: Bottom Dog Press, 2005)
* "Dumpster", screenplay (Pittsburgh: Three Rivers Film Festival, 2005)
* "Now Showing", poetry (Burlington, Ontario: Aladada Books, 2006)
* "Revolt of the Crash-Test Dummies", poetry (Cheney: Eastern Washington University Press, 2007)
* "Mr. Pleasant", stories (East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2007)
* "In Line for the Exterminator", poetry (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2007)

ources

"Contemporary Authors Online". The Gale Group, 2003. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000023043.