James E Cherry is the author of four books: Bending the Blues, a poetry chapbook from H&H Press (2003), Shadow of Light, a novel from London: Serpents Tail Press and Honoring the Ancestors, a collection of poetry from Third World Press and nominated for a 2009 NAACP Image Award. His collection of short fiction, Still A Man and Other Stories, was released 2011 from Aquarius Press/Willow Books. His work has been published in literary journals both nationally and internationally and anthologized in Bum Rush the Page (Crown), Beyond the Frontier (Black Classic Press), Roll Call (Third World Press) and Our Common Suffering (China). Cherry is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. He is a member of the Tennessee Arts Commission's Artist in Education Roster and resides in Tennessee with his wife, Tammy.