James Plath

James Plath teaches American literature, journalism, film, and creative writing at Illinois Wesleyan University. He is president of The John Updike Society, past president of The Illinois College Press Association, a member of the Online Film Critics Society, and a Hemingway scholar who ran with the bulls in Pamplona. Currently much of his time is spent coordinating the restoration of The John Updike Childhood Home in Shillington, Pa., which the Updike society owns and is turning into a museum/literary center.