He is a member of the Poets' Supper, Poezia, and Holler writers' groups, as well as the founding member of Writers at Artcroft. He graduated with a degree in English from Brescia College, where he was the editor of the school's first literary magazine. Jim has been the Spoken Word Artist at the Walk for the Arts in Berea for the last two years. He is a partner with his wife, Jennifer Gleason, in the organic farm business of Sunflower Sundries. His poetry ranges from the irregularly scattered to the tangle of the stranglehold.