Adam Day

• Name — Adam Day • Birthplace — Louisville, Kentucky • Occupation — Poet and critic • Organization — Baltic Writing Residency • Notable Works — * The Strategic Crescent • Illuminated Edges • Left-Handed Wolf • Model of a City in Civil War • Badger, Apocrypha • Education — New York University

Day was born and raised primarily in Louisville's working class south end. He graduated from Eckerd College (2001), and from New York University (2004) with an MFA in creative writing. Day publishes Action, Spectacle, an online and print journal of art and culture, which is guest-edited by a changing lineup of writers and artists. He also publishes Action, Spectacle Press, which publishes chapbooks of prose and of poetry, and full-length books of poetry. He has taught English and creative writing at Earlham College, New York University, Bellarmine University, the University of Houston, the University of Kentucky, and elsewhere. In 2011, Day was selected by David Lehman for the PEN Emerging Writers Award. Lehman wrote, "Day is unafraid to conjoin historical and fictional personages for effects that startle and provoke, as in Combine, in which Stalin, Goya, Queen Anne, and Tennessee Williams are among the cast of characters. Impressive, too, is the poem in which Day juxtaposes excerpts 'From an Interview with Kenzaburō Ōe, with Stage Directions from Synge's Riders to the Sea.' This poet's technical prowess, adventurousness, and wide-ranging curiosity give pleasure now and the promise of a great deal more to come."