Biography

James Wilk was born and raised in Colorado. He received a B.A in  Chemistry and in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from the  University of Colorado in Boulder. He then received an M.D. degree from the  University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver and currently works in  private practice at Rose Medical Center in Denver, specializing in internal  medicine and medical disorders complicating pregnancy. In addition, he is active in teaching medical students and holds an appointment as Assistant  Clinical Professor of Medicine at his alma mater. Dr. Wilk serves as a  moderator for The Critical Poet online poetry workshop and his poetry  has appeared or is forthcoming in The Aurorean, The Blue  Unicorn, Main Channel Voices, The Barefoot Muse,  Measure, The Lyric, The Yale Journal for Humanities in  Medicine, The Pharos, Contemporary  Sonnet and  elsewhere. In 2007, one of his poems was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His  chapbook, Shoulders, Fibs, and Lies, will be published in 2008 by  Pudding House.