James K. Zimmerman

James K. Zimmerman, a native of Illinois, has lived his adulthood in New York City and nearby. After a career as a singer/songwriter, producer, arranger, and performer, he received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the City University of New York. His dissertation won the Joseph A. Barmack Award for excellence in clinical research. His edited volume, "Treatment Approaches With Suicidal Adolescents", was published by John Wiley & Sons (1995). He has published five books of poetry, including "Little Miracles" (Passager Books, 2015), "Family Cookout" (Comstock Review Press, 2016 -- winner of the Jessie Bryce Niles Award), The Further Adventures of Zen Patriarch Dogen (Poetry Box, 2024), Uncertainty (Bottlecap Press, 2026), and Unbroken Circle, Unending Thread (Fernwood Press, 2026). He has read his poetry in many venues, including Poet's House, KGB, The Cornelia Street Café, Amherst College, San Jose State University, the Norwich (VT) Bookstore, the University of Connecticut, St. Francis College, Straw Dog Writers Guild (Northampton, MA), and Tompkins Corners Cultural Center.