Scott Bailey’s poem “Gigolo” recently appeared in “Exquisite Corpse.”
Check out his animated version of Gigolo
Convergence, Birth, Fire, and Aunt Louise and Space Shuttle Challenger on youtube.
A M.F.A. Graduate from New York University where he was an Elizabeth T. Booker Fellow, Scott Bailey is a doctoral student in the Creative Writing Program at Florida State University where he is an Alexander May Ryburn Fellow.
While at NYU, he also received a Starworks fellowship from the Starworks Foundation which provided him the opportunity to conduct poetry workshops at the Ronald McDonald House and at St. Mary’s Hospital for Kids, an organization now under the umbrella of the National Starlight Children’s Foundation.
Dedicated to outreach programs, he has served as a writer-in-residence for the Mississippi Arts Commission, which allowed him to conduct poetry workshops at The Harrison County Adult Correctional Facility, and at the Forrest County Juvenile Detention Center.
And some of his readings include The New York Quarterly Reading Series, The Bend, Don’t Shatter Reading Series, The Saint-n-Sinners Literary Festival, The Montevallo Literary Festival, and The Words and Music Festival.
His work, including his co-translations of Latin American Poets, have appeared in the journals: “The Adirondack Review,” “The Cortland Review,” “Chelsea,” “Exquisite Corpse,” “Harpur Palate,” “Indiana Review,” “The Journal,” “Meridian,” “New York Quarterly,” “Poems Niedergnasse,” “Poetry International,” “Prism International,” “Segue,” “Southern Quarterly,” “Southeast Review,” “Verse Daily,” “2 River Review,” and “42 Opus;” the anthologies: Bend, Don’t Shatter (Soft Skull Press), Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press).
His poem “Why Should I Stand for Jesus” appeared in “Harpur Palate” as a Finalist for the Milton Kessler Memorial Prize for Poetry, and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He has forthcoming work in “New York Quarterly.”
To check out his interview with Angela Ball, click on The Southeast Review.
Please view his c.v. link for more details about his honors and publications.
