Dave Wright (writer)

Dave Wright (born May 16, 1985) is an American poet, writer, and publisher. He is the author of one book of poems titled Riverwalkers,[1][2][3] and one chapbook of poems titled Pixels, which was published by Reality Hands in 2014.[4] He lives in Dickson, TN and Sewanee, Tennessee during the summer, where he attends the Sewanee School of Letters at Sewanee: The University of the South. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of indie publishing company Dig That Book Co., LLC.

Dave Wright
Born (1985-05-16) May 16, 1985
Nashville Tennessee
OccupationWriter/Publisher
NationalityAmerican
Period2013–present
Website
digthatbook.com

Life

Wright grew up on a farm in Dickson, TN. He attended undergraduate school at Tennessee Technological University, where he earned a BS in Communication Sciences. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Fiction at Sewanee School of Letters in Sewanee, Tennessee. He is a member of The Porch Writer's Collective in Nashville, TN.

Work

Wright's work has been featured in The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature,[5][6] Black Heart Magazine,[7] Best of Black Heart 2014,[8] The Newer York,[9][10] HUSMW,[11] Cutty Spot Interviews,[12] Calliope Magazine, The Caper Literary Journal's Anthology VWA: Poems for Haiti

He was the featured poet at East Side Storytellin' #42: Where The River Life Ran Through Us All, a popular reading and music series in East Nashville.[13][14]

Dig That Book Co., LLC

Wright founded the independent publishing company Dig That Book Co. in August 2013.

List of current titles:

  • #urananimal by Nicholas Spence
  • Furthest Agent by D.C DeMarse
  • It Doesn't Matter What You Look Like On The Outside It's What's On The Internet That Counts by Beach Sloth[15]
  • I Will Always Be in Love[16] by Alexandra Naughton[17]
  • The End of the World by Megan Lent
  • The Ghosts That Surrounded Them[18] by Timmy Reed[19] (Winner of the 2015 Baker Artist Grant)[20]

Forthcoming titles:

  • NUMBSKULL by No Glykon
  • Taco Jehovah[21] by Josh Spilker

Bibliography
  • Riverwalkers (poems, Dig That Book Co. 2013)
  • Pixels (poems, Reality Hands, 2014)

References
  1. Sloth, Beach. "Riverwalkers Review". Beach Sloth. Beach Sloth. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  2. Wright, Dave (December 13, 2013). Riverwalkers. ISBN 978-0692215272.
  3. Wright, Dave. "Riverwalkers". Dig That Book Co. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  4. Wright, Dave. "Pixels". Reality Hands. Reality Hands. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  5. Wright, Dave. "Dorothy Jane McAlister is World Famous". The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  6. Wright, Dave. "3 Poems". The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. Valerie MacEwan. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  7. Roberts, Laura. "Tinkerbell: A Character Crush". Black Heart Magazine. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  8. Roberts, Laura. "The Best of Black Heart". Black Heart Magazine. Black Heart Magazine. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  9. Wright, Dave. "The Cubehouse: A 705-word Idiosyncratic Synopsis of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake". theEEEL. The NewerYork. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  10. Wright, Dave. "Building a Fairytale, or Comparing a Modern Version of Beauty and the Beast to the Film Gigli". theEEEL. The NewerYork. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  11. Wright, Dave. "Wanderlust, or Our Private Babylon". HUSMW #7. HUSMW. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  12. Sherling, Matthew. "Dave Wright Interview". Cutty Spot. Matthew Sherling. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  13. Beard, Chuck. "East Side Storytellin #42". East Side Story. Chuck Beard. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  14. Beard, Chuck. "East Side Storytellin #42". SoundCloud. East Side Story. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  15. Sloth, Beach. "It Doesn't Matter What You Look Like on the Outside, It's What's on the Internet That Counts". Beach Sloth. Dig That Book Co. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  16. Naughton, Alexandra. I Will Always Be in Love. Dig That Book Co. ISBN 0990775550.
  17. Naughton, Alexandra. "The Tsaritsa". The Tsaritsa. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  18. Reed, Timmy (April 14, 2015). The Ghosts That Surrounded Them. Dig That Book Co. ISBN 978-0990775539.
  19. Reed, Timmy. "Underrated Animals Press". Underrated Animals Press. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  20. Reed, Timmy. "The Baker Artist Grant". The Baker Artist Grant. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  21. Spilker, Josh. "Taco Jehovah". Josh Spilker. Dig That Book Co. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
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