Adam Falkner

Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer, Spoken Word Artist

Brooklyn, NY
New York US
Email: 
adam@adamfalknerarts.com
Website: 
www.adamfalknerarts.com

Author's Bio

Dr. Adam Falkner (he/him) is an author, performer, and educator. His is the author of The Willies (winner of the 2020 Midwestern Independent Book Award), and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Rumpus, Painted Bride Quarterly, THRUSH Poetry Journal, The Adroit Journal, PBS Newshour, and elsewhere. A former high school English teacher in New York City’s public schools, Adam is Vice President of Design for the Pahara Institute, one of the nation’s foremost fellowship programs for senior leaders in education. He holds a PhD in English and Education from Columbia University, and lives in Brooklyn. www.adamfalknerarts.com

Education: 
Columbia University School of the Arts MFA

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Book:
Constructivist Education in an Age of Accountability (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
Journals:
Guardian
,
Word Riot

Poetry

Anthology:
The Break Beat Poets (Haymarket Books, 2015)
Book:
The WIllies (Button Poetry, 2020)
Chapbooks:
Adoption (Diode Editions, 2018)
,
Ten for Faheem (Penmanship Books, 2014)
Journals:
Adroit Journal
,
Anti-
,
Brooklyn Rail
,
Catapult
,
Decomp
,
Guardian
,
Other Journal
,
Painted Bride Quarterly
,
The Rumpus
,
THRUSH Poetry Journal
,
Winter Tangerine Review
Performance:
Page Meets Stage with Philip Levine (2010)

Spoken Word

Performances:
Best Buy Performance Stage (2010)
,
Bowery Poetry Club (2010)
,
Le Poisson Rouge (2010)
,
Nuyorican Poets Cafe (2010)
,
Sarah Lawrence College (2010)
,
Bar 13 (2009)
,
Hampshire College (2009)
,
National Poetry Slam (2009)
,
Georgia State University ()
,
New York University ()
,
University of Washington ()
,
Warren Wilson College ()
Prizes won: 

2021 Midwestern Independent Book Award, Gold Medal

2021 Foreword Reviews, Gold Medal

Winner of the 2017 Diode Editions Chapbook Award

 

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Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker , Seven Years From Somewhere by Philip Levine, As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner , The Break Beat Poets Anthology by Haymarket Books , Hum by Jamaal May

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
LGBTQ, White
Fluent in: 
American Sign Language, English, Spanish
Born in: 
Ann Arbor
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Last update: Oct 16, 2024