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James was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. He lived in Arlington before attending the University of Texas at Austin, Vanderbilt University and Brown University. He has taught Creative Writing at the University of Southern California, the University of Southern Alabama, UCLA, the University of Texas at Dallas and Permian Basin. James was the founding president of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing, the Texas Association of Creative Teachers, and was one of the founders of the American Literary Translators Association. His latest novel is I Am Everyone I Meet: Random Encounters on the Streets of Los Angeles.
James was also a recipient of the Guggenheim Award and the Alabama Literary Award.