<em><strong>Learning to Crawl</strong></em> (2020) and <em>Shorter of Breath</em> (2017) are novels by Kenneth (Ken) Eckert, from Canada, now living in Korea. As an English professor most of his writing is on medieval and (post)modern literature, with a recently published book, <em>Middle English Romances in Translation</em> (Sidestone), and <em>Writing Academic Papers in English: For Korean Writers</em>. He is an alumnus of Memorial University in Newfoundland and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he studied Chaucer alongside creative writing students such as Alissa Nutting (<em>Tampa</em>) and Juan Martinez (<em>Best Worst American</em>).
