Get in Touch
Day frequently travels for readings, workshops, & talks.
For reading or speaking engagements, please contact Anya Backlund at Blue Flower Arts:
anya@blueflowerarts.com
(619) 944-9247
Upcoming Readings
February 2024
AWP — Kansas City, MO
Essential Queer Voices of US Poetry Release Reading
March 2024
Guggenheim Museum with Terrance Hayes — NYC
September 2024
Punch Bucket Lit Festival — Asheville, NC
October 2024
UNCW — Wilmington, NC
December 2024
Guggenheim Museum Sound/Off — NYC
Recent Readings
2023
Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts — Bucknell University
Lesley MFA Program Visiting Writer — Cambridge, MA
North Carolina State University, with Sumita Chakraborty — Raleigh, NC
AWP — Seattle, WA
Blanche Armfield Poetry Series, UNC Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, NC
University of Arkansas — Fayetteville, AR
Fresno State University — Fresno, CA
Sewanee Writers Conference — Sewanee, TN
Disability Poetics Video Series Launch, with Kenny Fries
2022
AWP Featured Reader with Academy of American Poets — Philadelphia, PA
Shippensburg University — Shippensburg, PA
Utah Poetry Festival — Salt Lake City, UT
Zoeglossia Retreat for Disabled Writers — New Mexico State University
Stephanie Heit Book Release for Psych Murders
Traveling Mollys Reading Series — Chicago, IL
So & So Books — Raleigh, NC
2021
Sarah Lawrence Poetry Festival
Inlandia National Poetry Month & Deaf History Month ASL Reading
Magic City Books, Tulsa with Raymond Antrobus
Suffolk University, with Julia Koets & Jenny Johnson
SUNY Fredonia
The Booksmith / The Bindery, SF (Look Alive Launch)
Utah State University
Sewanee Alumni / Future Fellows Reading
2020
Best American Poets Reading
Open Mouth Reading Series
University of Scranton — Scranton, PA
Lebanon Valley College — Annville, PA
2019
Fordham University, Bronx, NY
University of North Carolina — Wilmington, NC
Sarah Lawrence College — Yonkers, NY
West Chester University — West Chester, PA
Whitman College — Walla Walla, WA
Poetry Center of Chicago — Chicago, IL
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, VA
University of Southern Indiana — Evansville, IN
Marshall University — Huntington, WV
University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, PA
University of Tampa MFA — Tampa, FL
Charleston School of the Arts — Charleston, SC
Poetry Society of Charleston — Charleston, SC
Politics & Pints at AWP — Portland, OR
Norse Hall with Beloit at AWP — Portland, OR
Busboys & Poets — Washington DC
The Center: Bureau of General Services QD — New York, NY
Hendrix College — Conway, AR
Millersville University — Millersville, PA
University of Houston at the Jung Center — Houston, TX
Lawndale Center — Houston, TX
Scuppernong Books — Greensboro, NC
2018
Brigham Young University Reading Series, Provo, UT
UNC-Wilmington Writers Week Series, Wilmington, NC
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Wor-Wic Community College Reading Series, Salisbury, MD
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Chautauqua Writers’ Festival, Chautauqua, NY
Bowery Poetry Club, NYC, NY
Lancaster Pride at Tec Centro, Lancaster, PA
Poets Settlement, Brooklyn, NY
Hey Galaxy Tour with Andrea Gibson, Tellus, PA
Split This Rock, Washington DC
Columbia College Chicago Visiting Writers Series, IL
KinFolx Reading Series, Philadelphia, PA
"Ballade of the Poverties": A Reading by Beloit Poetry Journal Poets, Tampa, FL
Switchback & Gazing Grain Present, Tampa, FL
COUPLET Reading Series, The Delancey, New York, NY
The Turning Wheel, Dogstar Books, Lancaster, PA
Word Barn, Exeter, NH
Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH
2017
New York Writers Red Room Series, KGB Bar, New York, NY
Page Match, Lancaster, PA
Good Thunder Reading Series, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN
Poetry Rolls, Hartman Green, Lancaster, PA
Booked on 25th, Ogden, UT
Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH
Lancaster Poetry Exchange, Red Rose Commons, Lancaster, PA
Poetry in Motion / Public Poetry Project, Penn State, University Park, PA
Poetry On & Off the Page: First Fridays at the Ware Center Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
Smith Poetry Series, The Poetry Center at Smith College, Northampton, MA
Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX
Wildwood Writers Festival, Harrisburg Community College, PA
Zeitgeist Poetry Series, Clemson University; Clemson, SC
AWP: I Sing the Body Queer & Crip; Washington DC
Writers Resist; Lancaster, PA
2015
Philadelphia Alumni Writers House; Lancaster, PA
BookWoman; Austin, TX
Pioneer Book with Rock Canyon Poets; Provo, UT
Charis Books; Atlanta, GA
University of South Florida; Tampa, FL
Wild Iris Book Store; Gainseville, FL
Just Buffalo Writing Center; Buffalo, NY
Gamut Gallery; Minneapolis, MN
The Crooked Pint; Minneapolis, MN
Finch Lane Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
University of South Dakota; Vermillion, SD
Davidson College; Davidson, NC
2014
Poetry Church at the Art Bar & Cafe; Santa Cruz, CA
Studio One Reading Series; Oakland, CA
Modern Times Bookstore; San Francisco, CA #thelast13tour
Illuminating the Word: The Devotional Tradition & the Future of Poetry, Brigham Young University; Provo, UT
Revolutionizing Normal Poetry Showcase, Art Access Gallery; Salt Lake City, UT
LitQuake LitCrawl; San Francisco, CA
Women & Children First Bookstore; Chicago, IL #thelast13tour
The Woodland Pattern; Milwaukee, WI
Johnson Public House; Madison, WI
A Room of One's Own Bookstore; Madison, WI #thelast13tour
Indiana Writers Festival with Women Write Resistance; Merrillville, IN
LAST PSALM AT SEA LEVEL Book Release, Utah Festival of the Book; Salt Lake City, UT
Second Sunday Poetry Series; Los Angeles, CA
Salt Lake City Pride Writing Contest Reading; Salt Lake City, UT
Environmental Humanities Center; Centennial Valley, MT
CityArts Meltdown Reading, Salt Lake City Public Library; Salt Lake City, UT
Chamber Music Series: Three Premieres, Utah Museum of Fine Arts; Salt Lake City, UT
Working Dog Reading Series, University of Utah Art Barn; Salt Lake City, UT
Kore Press Reading; Seattle, WA
Lambda’s 25 for 25 Anthology Reading; Seattle, WA
AWP: This Assignment Is So Gay: Managing Your Queerness in Your Classroom; Seattle, WA
2013
Red Rover Reading Series; Chicago, IL
Shakespeare & Co; Missoula, MT
PAMLA: Prosthetic Poetics; San Diego, CA
City Arts Reading Series; Salt Lake City, UT
University of Wisconsin-Madison at The Studio; Madison, WI
Fairfax Fall for the Book Festival/Gazing Grain Chapbook Release Reading; Fairfax, VA
Working Dog Reading Series; Salt Lake City, UT
2012
Small Press Traffic Reading Series: Hybrids; San Francisco, CA
Diablo Valley College Reading ; Livermore, CA
LitQuake Reading, Jane Warner Plaza; San Francisco, CA
Working Dog Reading Series; Salt Lake City, UT
2011
The Rumpus Reading Series; San Francisco, CA
DeYoung Museum Poetry Showcase Reading; San Francisco, CA
Quiet Lightning, Neighborhood Heroes Reading; San Francisco, CA
(new) mission poetry: new shit show Feature; San Francisco, CA
Conversations in a Wartime Cafe Benefit Reading; San Francisco, CA
H.K. Rainey’s Book Release Reading; San Francisco, CA
East Bay on the Brain; Oakland, CA
With+Stand 5 Reading Series & Release Party; Berkeley, CA
Rebekah Edwards’ Book Release Party & Reading; San Francisco, CA
Benefit Reading for LitSeen; San Francisco, CA
Tenderloin Reading Series 2 Year Anniversary Reading; San Francisco, CA
2010
BitchezBrew Reading Series; San Francisco, CA
Kaleidoscope Reading Series; San Francisco, CA
LitQuake LitCrawl Reading; San Francisco, CA
The Living Room Reading Series; San Francisco, CA
The 8th Annual SF Altered Barbie Exhibition & Reading; San Francisco, CA
Lambda Fellows Bay Area Reading; San Francisco, CA
The Walrus Release Party Reading; Oakland, CA
Stuart Street Collective Reading with Franciszka Fierce; Oakland, CA
Lambda Fellows Reading; Los Angeles, CA
Contingency Reading; Oakland, CA
Optical Sound Reading; Oakland, CA
ZYZZYVA Issue 88 Reading; San Francisco, CA
Hold the Light for Haiti Oakland, CA
CUAV SafetyFest Benefit Reading with The PLC Berkeley, CA
La Pena, Butterflies & Arsenic Tour Berkeley, CA
KPFA Radio Beyond the Odds; San Francisco, CA
Anger Management San Francisco, CA
Poetic Liberation Collective’s Pacific Northwest Butterflies & Arsenic Tour California, Oregon & Washington
In Other Words Reading; Portland, OR
SMYRC Benefit Reading; Portland, OR