David Baker (born December 27, 1954) is an American poet. He is Emeritus Professor of English at Denison University where he still teaches. He served for more than 25 years as poetry editor of the Kenyon Review and continues to curate "Nature's Nature" for the magazine.
David Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 27, 1954 Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Central Missouri University of Utah |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan Denison University |
Life
editDavid Baker was born in Bangor, Maine in 1954, and was raised in Missouri. He graduated from Central Missouri State University and from the University of Utah with a Ph.D. in 1983.
He has taught widely, including at Jefferson City (MO) Senior High School, Kenyon College, the University of Michigan, Ohio State University, and since 1984 at Denison University, in Granville, Ohio, where he held the Thomas B. Fordham Chair of Creative Writing and is Emeritus Professor of English. He teaches regularly in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and serves on the faculty of many writing workshops around the country.
His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation,[1] The New Republic,The New York Times, The New Yorker,[2] The Paris Review,[3] Poetry, The Yale Review.
He lives in Granville, Ohio,[4] and serves as Poetry Editor of The Kenyon Review.[5][6][7]
Awards
editPoetry Volumes
edit- Whale Fall (W. W. Norton, 2022)
- Swift: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 2019)
- Scavenger Loop (W. W. Norton, 2015)
- Never-Ending Birds (W. W. Norton, 2009)
- Omul Alchimic trans. by Chris Tanasescu (Vinea, 2009)
- Treatise on Touch: Selected Poems (Arc Publications, 2007)
- Midwest Eclogue (W. W. Norton, 2005)
- Changeable Thunder (University of Arkansas, 2001)
- The Truth about Small Towns (University of Arkansas, 1998)
- After the Reunion (University of Arkansas, 1994)
- Sweet Home, Saturday Night (University of Arkansas, 1991)
- Haunts (Cleveland State University, 1985
- Laws of the Land, (Ahsahta/Boise State University 1981)
Prose Volumes
edit- Seek After: On Seven Modern Lyric Poets (Stephen F. Austin, 2018)
- Show Me Your Environment: Essays on Poetry, Poets, and Poems (University of Michigan, 2014)
- Talk Poetry: Poems and Interviews with Nine American Poets (University of Arkansas, 2010)
- Radiant Lyre: Essays on Lyric Poetry (Graywolf, 2007)
- Heresy and the Ideal: On Contemporary Poetry (University of Arkansas, 2000)
- Meter in English: A Critical Engagement (University of Arkansas, 1996).
References
edit- ^ "David Baker | The Nation". www.thenation.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "David Baker | The New Yorker". The New Yorker. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Paris Review - David Baker". The Paris Review. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "David Baker; Directory of Writers". www.pw.org. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Poetry Editor David Baker". www.kenyonreview.org. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "David Baker on Academy of American Poets". Academy of American Poets. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Poet Bios 2000 - 2010". Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation". www.gf.org. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2016.