Cummins, James: - James Cummins was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1948, grew up in Cleveland and Indianapolis, and took degrees from the University of Cincinnati and the Iowa Writers Workshop. He's published seven books of poems, including his latest, Recalcitrant Actors, (Dos Madres Press, 2021), as well as poems in many journals, including the American Poetry Review, Paris Review, Harper's, AGNI, et al. His work appears in several anthologies, including The Oxford Book of American Poetry, 180 More, and five volumes of the Best American Poetry series. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife, the poet Maureen Bloomfield.