Meagan Day

Meagan Day
Born	San Antonio, Texas, United States
Alma mater	Oberlin College (BA) Goldsmiths, University of London (MA)
Occupations	Writer journalist
Employer	Jacobin
Organization	Democratic Socialists of America
Website	www.meaganday.com

Meagan Day is an American writer and journalist from Texas. Day is an editor at Jacobin , where she was previously a staff writer. She is the author of the book Maximum Sunlight (2016), and co-author of the book Bigger than Bernie (2020).

Life and career

Day was born in Austin, Texas, and raised in San Antonio. ^[1] She received her bachelor's degree at Oberlin College, graduating in 2012. After working for The Believer , and as a personal assistant to writer Dave Eggers at McSweeney's, she went on to earn her master's degree from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2013. ^[2]

In 2016, Day released her non-fiction book Maximum Sunlight, concerning the town of Tonopah, Nevada. The book features photographs from various locations in Tonopah taken by Hannah Klein. ^[3]

After working briefly at Mother Jones , Day was hired at Jacobin in 2017 as a full-time staff writer. In 2020, along with co-author Micah Uetricht, Day published the book Bigger than Bernie: How We Can Win Democratic Socialism in Our Time. ^[4]

Day has described herself as a socialist, and is an active member of the Democratic Socialists of America. ^[5]

Works

• — (2016). Maximum Sunlight. Photographs by Hannah Klein. Oakland, CA: E.M. Wolfman. ISBN   978-0-9983-4610-6. OCLC   978251367. ^[3]
• —; Uetricht, Micah (2020). Bigger than Bernie: How We Can Win Democratic Socialism in Our Time. London: Verso Books. ISBN   978-1-7887-3838-5. OCLC   1256050456. ^[4]

References

Citations

1. Mother Jones (2016).
2. Mother Jones (2016); Baird (2019).
3. Durif (2017).
4. Nelson (2020); Lukacs (2020); Guy (2020); Buhle (2020); Weigel (2020).
5. Winters (2020).

Sources

• "When Powerful Players Clash, We Need the Free Press More Than Ever". Medium . 29 December 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
• Baird, Robert P. (2 January 2019). "The ABCs of Jacobin". Columbia Journalism Review . Columbia University . Retrieved 5 November 2020.
• Nelson, Robbie (17 August 2020). "Transforming the State: 'Bigger than Bernie'". Democratic Socialists of America . Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Lukacs, Martin (30 June 2020). "Socialism or Bidenism: Where does the U.S. left go after Sanders?". Policy Alternatives. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives . Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Guy, Johnathan (4 August 2020). "Unpacking Class-Struggle Social Democracy: An Interview with Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht". The Trouble. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Buhle, Paul (22 April 2020). "Bernie Sanders and Our Day of Destiny: New books explore the future of U.S. socialism". The Progressive . Wisconsin, USA. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Weigel, David (9 April 2020). "The Trailer: Why Bernie Sanders lost" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Winters, Joseph (2 March 2020). "The Future of Left Politics: An Interview with Meagan Day". Harvard Political Review . Harvard Institute of Politics . Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Durif, Olivia (18 August 2017). "The Last Bastion of Free America?: Meagan Day's "Maximum Sunlight"". Los Angeles Review of Books . California, USA. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

Further reading

• Bigger Than Bernie (With Megan Day and Micah Uetricht) (Video). Interviewed by Walker, Michael. Novara Media. 16 April 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
• Bigger Than Bernie: A Conversation with Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht (Video). Current Affairs . 19 June 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025– via YouTube.
• "Life After Bernie: An Interview with Meagan Day". Tribune Magazine. Interviewed by Blakeley, Grace. 16 September 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2025.

External links

• Data related to Meagan Day at Wikidata
• Official website