Location: Medford/Somerville Campus
Tisch Library
Room 304
Description: David Baker was born in Bangor, Maine, and has spent most of his years in the Midwest. He has written eight volumes of poetry, including most recently Never-Ending Birds, (W.W. Norton, 2009) and is the poetry editor for The Kenyon Review. He is a professor of English at
Denison University and holds the Thomas B. Fordham Chair of Creative Writing. He also is a faculty member in the M.F.A. program for writers at Warren Wilson College.

Baker is also the author of three books of criticism including most recently Radiant Lyre: Essays on Lyric Poetry (Graywolf, 2007.) Among Baker’s awards are fellowships and prizes from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Poetry Society of America, Society of Midland Authors, and the Pushcart Foundation.

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