James Whitehead
American poet and novelist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Tillotson Whitehead was an American poet and novelist. He published four books of poetry and one novel, Joiner. Biography James Whitehead was born in St. Louis in 1936. He grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, where his family moved after World War II. Standing six foot 5 inches, and known as "Big Jim" he received a football scholarship at Vanderbilt University. However, a serious injury there dashed any hopes he had of a professional career. Instead, he focused on his studies, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy, then staying for a master's degree in English. He then went to the University of Iowa where he acquired an M.F.A. in creative writing.
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