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Present	Professor of English, Illinois Wesleyan University
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American Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction, Poetry, and Film and Media Studies

President, The John Updike Society, 2009 -
The Pantagraph Award for Teaching Excellence, 2004

English House 204
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL

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John Updike's Pennsylvania Interviews

Updike wrote about his home town of Shillington in Berks County, Pennsylvania for much of his adult life, setting most ...

Critical Insights: Casablanca

IWU Authors Bookshelf (2016)

From Salem Press: Considered one of the greatest films of the twentieth century, Casablanca earned three Academy Awards (including Best ...

Critical Insights: Raymond Carver

Edited by James Plath, professor of English at Illinois Wesleyan University, this volume in the Critical Insights series presents a ...

Historic Photos of Ernest Hemingway

From the 1920s until his death in 1961, “Papa” Hemingway was a larger-than-life literary figure whose everyday exploits became legendary. ...

Award-winning Cinematography Enriches François Ozon's 'Frantz'

PopMatters (2017)

Review of the film Frantz, directed by Francois Ozon.

Jacques Demy's 'The Young Girls of Rochefort' Is Awash ...

PopMatters (2017)

Review of the film The Young Girls of Rochefort directed by Jacques Demy.

In Noir Fashion, 'Americana' Plays With the Reality of the ...

PopMatters (2017)

Review for the film Americana directed by Don DeLillo.

In Film as in War, There's What Remains in ...

PopMatters (2017)

Review of the film Apocalypse Child, directed by Mario Cornejo.

The Power of Small Acts of Kindness in 'The King ...

PopMatters (2017)

Review of the film The King of New Orleans, directed by Allen Frederic, Coodie Simmons, and Chike Ozah.

Contribution to Book

Barking at Death: Hemingway, Africa, and the Stages of Dying

Hemingway and Africa (2011)

From amazon.com:Considering the time Hemingway spent not only on the safaris but also in preparing for them beforehand and writing ...

Contribution to Book

Standing in the Reception Line at the Wedding of My ...

Where We Live: Illinois Poets (2003)

The book features a collection of poetry by Illinois poets. The poem reprinted here is one two selections contributed by ...

Contribution to Book

The Boy Who Would Be God

Where We Live: Illinois Poets (2003)

The book features a collection of poetry by Illinois poets. The poem reprinted here is one two selections contributed by ...

Contribution to Book

Verbal Vermeer: Updike's Middle-Class Portraiture

Rabbit Tales : Poetry and Politics in John Updike's Rabbit Novels (2000)

Of all the artists Updike mentions in his writing, none is cited more often than seventeenth-century Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, ...

Contribution to Book

Giving the Devil His Due: Leeching and Edification of Spirit ...

John Updike and Religion: The Sense of the Sacred and the Motions of Grace (1999)

The essays collected here evaluate the religious dimension of Updike's prodigious literary vision, looking broadly at Updike's understanding of religion ...

Contribution to Book

Shadow Rider: The Hemingway Hero as Western Archetype

Hemingway and the Natural World (1999)

This groundbreaking essay collection is the first consolidated effort to study Hemingway s relationship to the natural world. This collection ...

Once More, with Feeling

Honorees for Teaching Excellence (2004)

Professor Plath's presentation at Honors Convocation as the winner of the 2004 Pantagraph Award for Teaching Excellence.

Our Lies: Jenny Offill and James Plath on Conspiracy Theories ...

James Plath, Jenny Offill, Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan

In this episode of the podcast Fiction/Non/Fiction, co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan are joined by author Jenny Offill and ...

WGLT Poetry Radio

Professor James Plath reads his poem, The Tonic, for WGLT''s Poetry Radio.

Interview with Rob Gibbs, director of Air Mater from PIXAR ...

Interview with Dylan Brown, Creative Director for Pixar Canada

Professor James Plath interviews Pixar Canada's creative director Dylan Brown.

James Plath interview with director Michael Moore

Professor James Plath interview with director Michael Moore, whose documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story" was about to be released on ...