Jim Leftwich (b. 1956-) is the author of BURSTING PRESENTS (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2020), BE/OND SEH FLINGES (with Steve Dalachinsky, Luna Bisonte Prods, 2020), CONTAINERS PROJECTING MULTITUDES: EXPOSITIONS ON THE POETRY OF JOHN M. BENNETT (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019), I REMEMBER PETROLEUM (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019), and others. An innovative and dynamic poet from Charlottesville, Virginia, Jim Leftwich founded and edited the influential avant-garde literary journals Juxta and Juxta Electronic, with co-editor Ken Harris, in 1994. During the 1990's, he was intensely active as a correspondent, theorist, and critical writer in the area of avant-garde poetry and writing, and was an influential figure in the development of ideas and consciousness for the new literary culture he was involved with. He was also influential in the promotion and distribution of the work of many of his fellow poets and writers. He himself has produced a significant body of literary work, work which is textual, conceptual and/or visual. Among his earlier books and chapbooks are Dirt (1995), Khawatir (1995), Gnommonclature, a collaboration with Jeffrey Little (1996), Plasm, Plasm, Plasm (1997), Sepher Viscera, a collaboration with Jake Berry (1997), The Passion of Indifference (1997), Improvisations, Transformations (1998), Sample Example (1998), and Doubt (2000). Several more recent books of his have been published by Luna Bisonte Prtods. His autobiography was published in 1996 in vol. 25 of Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series. Author City: ROANOKE, VA USA
