Shorter of Breath

Shorter of Breath is the first novel by Kenneth (Ken) Eckert, who is a native of Edmonton, Canada living in Korea. As an English professor most of his writing is academic, including articles on medieval romance, Chaucer, and (post)modern literature, with a recently published book, Middle English Romances in Translation (Sidestone). He has also published short fiction, most recently in Las Positas College’s Havik. He is an alumnus of Memorial University in Newfoundland and University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he studied alongside creative writing students such as Alissa Nutting (Tampa) and Juan Martinez (Best Worst American).