James J. Siegel is the author of the poetry collection
The God of San Francisco published in 2020 by Sibling Rivalry Press. He is the host and curator of the monthly Literary Speakeasy show at Martuni’s piano bar in San Francisco. Originally from Toledo, Ohio, his first poetry collection,
How Ghosts Travel, was inspired and fueled by his coming of age in the Midwest and was a finalist for an Ohioana Book Award. He was a scholarship recipient to the Antioch Writers’ Workshop in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and his poems have been featured in a number of journals including
The Cortland Review,