James Ballowe is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English at Bradley University. Since retiring from university teaching and administration, Jim has written a biography of Joy Morton and a monograph history of The Morton Arboretum. For many years he taught natural history writing and environmental ethics at the Morton Arboretum.
Jim has also edited an historical anthology titled Christmas in Illinois and served as the assistant editor for poetry for City Creatures. Jim is a founding editor of the literary magazine Fifth Wednesday Journal for which he conducts interviews with featured poets. Since publishing a collection of the philosopher George Santayana’s essays in 1967, he has received several awards for his poetry, essays, and books. He is currently working on a book of his poetry and a book of his essays about the State of Illinois.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMANS & NATURE:
Silence
From Minding Nature’s Spring 2020, Volume 13, Number 2 issue.The Illinois River
From Minding Nature’s Winter 2020, Volume 13, Number 1 issue.- Curiously Peopled: Interview with Kevin Stein
From Minding Nature’s Winter 2019, Volume 12, Number 1 issue. - Banality’s Evil: An Interview with Elizabeth Minnich
From Minding Nature’s January 2018, Volume 11, Number 1 issue.
- On A Force Of Nature: An Interview With Arthur Melville Pearson
From Minding Nature’s September 2017, Volume 10, Number 3 issue.
- Revisiting Sand County: An Interview with Estella Leopold
From Minding Nature’s September 2016, Volume 9, Number 3 issue.
- Conversation with Gavin Van Horn
From Minding Nature’s May 2016, Volume 9, Number 2 issue.
City Creatures Blog posts:
