Heald, James A.

Jim Heald is a poet, songwriter, and guitarist. He grew up in the suburbs of New York City. He attended Colby College and Manchester College, Oxford where he studied English Literature and East Asian Studies. He attended graduate school briefly at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Oriental languages and history, and received a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Jim picked up the guitar in the mid 70's and started turning his poetry into songs. He's played professionally since the late 70's around Chicago, Austin, and the Washington DC area. He