robert p. baird

American Idol

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:09:39 +0000

Two excerpts from my novel-in-progress.

depress

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:27:23 +0000

Publisher
2010-present

depress

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:27:28 +0000

depress, the publishing deployment of digital emunction, announces its first publication: Joshua Baldwin’s Poems and Fake Book Reviews.

The Labyrinth

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:19:09 +0000

Poetry editors Christian Wiman and Don Share discuss it here.

Bolivia Exclusive

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:30:25 +0000

At digital emunction, I report on documentary evidence that the U.S. funded dictator Hugo Banzer’s 1971 coup. (The U.S. had previously denied involvement.)

Exclusive: U.S. Funded 1971 Bolivian Coup

admin — Sun, 30 May 2010 20:36:29 +0000

Declassified documents show that the U.S. paid money to support Hugo Banzer’s 1971 coup. Excerpted by Harper’s, HNN, and 3 Quarks Daily.

“A Lume Spento” @ 3QD

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:56 +0000

My essay on Ezra Pound’s A Lume Spento is a finalist for the 3 Quarks Daily 2010 Arts & Literature Prize.

The Mines at Potosí

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:46:41 +0000

Newpages calls it “haunting.”

University of Chicago

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:11:03 +0000

Instructor, English Department
“Dante in Contemporary Literature”
2007

Junior Fellow
Martin Marty Center
for the Advanced Study of Religion
2006-7

Research Assistant
David Tracy
2006-7

Teaching Assistant
Humanities Common Core
2003-6

Research Assistant
Amy Hollywood
2003-5

Teaching Assistant
“Introduction to Religion
and the Human Sciences”
2003

The Spiritual Guideby Miguel de Molinos

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:36:51 +0000

A translation (from Spanish) of the bestselling mystical handbook of the 17th century, with a theological introduction by Bernard McGinn and a historical introduction by me. Published as the 1xxth installment of the Classics of Western Spirituality.