Meg Day

Meg Day is an American poet. They are an assistant professor of English & Creative Writing at Franklin & Marshall College.[1] They received Audre Lorde Award and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for their poem Last Psalm at Sea Level

Life and education

Day grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area.[2] They earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego.[3]

They received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Mills College, and PhD in Literature and Creative Writing with a focus on Disability Poetics from the University of Utah, where they received the Steffensen-Cannon fellowship, a Point Foundation Scholarship, and served as the Poetry Editor for Quarterly West.[4]

Work & style

In 2010, Day received Lambda Literary Foundation fellow in poetry.[5] Day has authored two chapbooks: When All You Have is a Hammer, which won the 2012 Gertrude Press Chapbook Contest, and We Can’t Read This, winner of the 2013 Gazing Grain Chapbook Contest.[6]

In 2014, Day published their first poem Last Psalm at Sea Level[4] for which they won Audre Lorde Award, Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and was finalist for Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry.[7]

Along with co-editor Niki Herd, Day published Laura Hershey: On the Life and Work of an American Master in Pleiades in 2019.[8]

Their poetry themes and styles include Day's interest in exploring the interstitial of identity and the liminal nature of the human body.[9] Day's poems frequently convey a theme of melancholy and nostalgia. In their poems, they frequently use line breaks, punctuation, and capitalization.[10]

References
  1. Queen, Khadijah; Weise, Jillian (19 May 2019). "Opinion | 'Make No Apologies for Yourself'". The New York Times.
  2. Poets, Academy of American. "About Meg Day | Academy of American Poets". poets.org. Academy of American Poets.
  3. Coda, Roger. "Poet Meg Day to give virtual craft talk, poetry reading | Fredonia.edu". www.fredonia.edu.
  4. Foust, Rebbeca (6 June 2021). ""In Line to Vote on Our Future Climate," by Meg Day | Women's Voices For Change". womensvoicesforchange.org.
  5. Valenzuela, Tony (26 July 2010). "Introducing The Class of 2010: Emerging LGBT Voices". Lambda Literary.
  6. "Meg Day". Smith College.
  7. Ray, Douglas (1 April 2015). "'Last Psalm at Sea Level' by Meg Day". Lambda Literary.
  8. Northern, Michael. "Book Review: Laura Hershey (Meg Day and Niki Herd)". wordgathering.com.
  9. Maxson, Dana (5 March 2019). "At Poets Out Loud, A Range of Backgrounds and Experiences". Fordham Newsroom.
  10. Hoppe, Cianna (4 November 2022). "Artist Spotlight: Meg Day by Cianna Hoppe | Inkwell". Inkwell Blc. Bethany Lutheran College.
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