Eric Baker is a graduate of the University of Maryland’s MFA in Creative Writing, where he now teaches. His work explores the intersection of his Korean and Jewish heritage, as well as legacies of armed conflict. He has been named a finalist for the Alice James Book Award, the Helena Whitehill Award and the Berkshire Prize from Tupelo Press, as well as runner-up for the Desperate Literature Prize. His writing can be found in Gulf Coast, West Trade Review, Tupelo Quarterly, as well as in Painted Bride Quarterly, where he reads poetry and fiction.
