Matthew Baker

Matthew Baker’s graphic novel, The Sentence

“In The Sentence, Baker offers a precise, visionary story of survival and community....On its surface a dystopian cautionary tale, this novella is a startling reflection on language, trust, and desperation in the face of fascism.”
— Isle McElroy, author of The Atmospherians

Matthew Baker ('08) is the author of two story collections, a children’s novel, and digital experiments that include temporal fiction, an interlinked novel, a randomized novel, and a cyber zine. Named one of Variety’s “10 Storytellers To Watch,” his short fiction has been optioned for the screen by, among others, Amazon, Fox, and Netflix. His latest book, The Sentence, is a graphic novel told in the form of a single 6732-word sentence, diagrammed in full.

Greg Rappleye

Greg Rappleye’s poetry collection, Barley Child

“Barley Child is a collection so vividly imagined and so beautifully written that one hesitates to read the final poem, not wanting the spell to end.”
—Julie Kane, author of Mothers of Ireland

Greg Rappleye is the author of five poetry collections, and is a former Bread Loaf Fellow in Poetry and the winner of the 2000 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. Barley Child, his most recent book, won the Lenore Marshall Prize and the Society of Midland Authors Book Award and was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize. For twenty-five years, Greg Rappleye taught in the English department at Hope College.