Jim Dodge

• Name — Jim Dodge • Born — 1945 • Birthplace — Santa Rosa, California, United States • Occupation — Novelist, poet • Period — 1983–present • Genre — American literature

Dodge was born in 1945 and grew up as an Air Force brat. As an adult he spent many years living on an almost self-sufficient commune in West Sonoma County, California. He has had many jobs, including apple picker, carpet layer, teacher, professional gambler, shepherd, woodcutter, and environmental restorer. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing/Poetry from the University of Iowa Writers Workshop in 1969. He has been the director of the Creative Writing program in the English Department at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California since 1995. He lives in Manila, California, with his wife and son. Some of Dodge's nonfiction essays focus on bioregionalism.

• "Living By Life: Some Bioregional Theory and Practice". CoEvolution Quarterly, Winter 1981, pp. 6–12. (pdf version) • "Routes" in Peter Berg, ed. Reinhabiting a Separate Country: A Bioregional Anthology of Northern California. 1978. Planet Drum Foundation, San Francisco.

Jim Dodge is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation novelist. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Recorded as poet, novelist, writer and university teacher. Career and activity. Dodge worked in creative and professional writing, prose, poetry and creative writing. He was employed by California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.