David Baker

About

American poet and Guggenheim Fellowship recipient whose poetry collections include Never-Ending Birds, Changeable Thunder, and The Truth about Small Towns. He also published several works of literary criticism.

Before Fame

He received degrees from Central Missouri State University and the University of Utah before teaching at Warren Wilson College and Denison University.

Trivia

He became poetry editor of The Kenyon Review after moving to Granville, Ohio.

Family Life

He was born in Maine and raised in Missouri.

Associated With

He was born in the same year as fellow American poet Kim Addonizio.