Meagan Day

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

^ Mother Jones (2016).
^ Mother Jones (2016); Baird (2019).
^ ^a ^b Durif (2017).
^ ^a ^b Nelson (2020); Lukacs (2020); Guy (2020); Buhle (2020); Weigel (2020).
^ 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.

External links

Data related to Meagan Day at Wikidata
Official website

[FOOTNOTEMother_Jones2016-1] Mother Jones (2016).

[FOOTNOTEMother_Jones2016Baird2019-2] Mother Jones (2016); Baird (2019).

[FOOTNOTEDurif2017-3] Durif (2017).

[FOOTNOTENelson2020Lukacs2020Guy2020Buhle2020Weigel2020-4] Nelson (2020); Lukacs (2020); Guy (2020); Buhle (2020); Weigel (2020).

[FOOTNOTEWinters2020-5] Winters (2020).

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