Aaron Baker

Aaron Baker is the author of three books of poetry: American Experiment: A Poem, Posthumous Noon, and Mission Work.

From Graham, Washington, he's lived in Papua New Guinea, Mexico, and Germany, and currently divides his time between Tucson and Chicago, where he's a Professor of English and directs the Creative Writing Program at Loyola University Chicago.

His awards include the Shenandoah/Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers, a Wallace Stegner Fellowship from Stanford University, the Breadloaf/Bakeless Prize (selected by Stanley Plumly) and the Barry Spacks Poetry Prize (selected by Jane Hirshfield).