Calvin Baker
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Calvin Baker is an American novelist.
He attended the University of Chicago Lab Schools, and graduated from Amherst College
. He taught at Columbia University
, and Barnard College
.
Esquire Magazine named him one of the best young writers in America in 2005. His third novel, Dominion was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Award, as well as one of New York Newsday's Best Books of the Year. He currently lives in New York
.
He attended the University of Chicago Lab Schools, and graduated from Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
. He taught at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, and Barnard College
Barnard College
Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college and a member of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, Barnard has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. The campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough...
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Esquire Magazine named him one of the best young writers in America in 2005. His third novel, Dominion was a finalist for the Hurston-Wright Award, as well as one of New York Newsday's Best Books of the Year. He currently lives in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.