Erik Raschke

ERIK RASCHKE received an MA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. His first novel, The Book of Samuel , was translated into Italian and nominated for the prestigious Printz award. His short stories and essays have been published in, among others, The Atlantic Monthly , The New York Times Magazine , Hazlitt , De Volkskrant , and Guernica . His short story, "Winch" ( Portland Review ), was nominated for the 2018 Best American Short Stories. As a reporter in the early nineties...See more

ERIK RASCHKE received an MA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. His first novel, The Book of Samuel , was translated into Italian and nominated for the prestigious Printz award. His short stories and essays have been published in, among others, The Atlantic Monthly , The New York Times Magazine , Hazlitt , De Volkskrant , and Guernica . His short story, "Winch" ( Portland Review ), was nominated for the 2018 Best American Short Stories. As a reporter in the early nineties for The Newsletter and Belfast Telegraph , Raschke covered the bombings, shootings, and assassinations that marked the end of The Troubles. Later, he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia and at a certified New York public school teacher working with lower-income students in the upper-Manhattan/Bronx area. He became a dual Dutch and American citizen in 2013. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife and three boys and teaches writing at The University of Amsterdam. See less