Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Location	Washington, DC, United States
Introduction	Isaac James Baker lives, writes and drinks in Washington, DC. His fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in publications around the world. He is currently working on a master's in fiction at Johns Hopkins University. His first novel, Broken Bones, based on his month-long stay in a psychiatric ward, is forthcoming. He’s worked the wine bar, the harvest, the crush and is attempting to make his own chardonnay in Virginia. Isaac studied with the Court of Master Sommeliers and the Wine and Spirit Education Trust. For more of his writing, visit www.isaacjamesbaker.com.
Interests	writing, surfing, bodyboarding, wine, travel
Favorite movies	raging bull, the big lebowski, taxi driver, midnight cowboy, fight club, requiem for a dream, the nightmare before christmas, mystic river, sideways, pi, factotum, the departed,a clockwork orange, 28 days later,
Favorite music	social distortion, crass, the exploited, the decemberists, joy division, the smiths, sick of it all
Favorite books	slaughterhouse five, steps, everything by tobias wolff, charles bukowski, jennifer egan, michel houllebecq, and the list goes on and on and on...

Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?

It doesn't.