Scott Bailey is the author of Thus Spake Gigolo published by NYQ Books. He grew up in rural Mississippi in a family of carpenters, farmers, and preachers. His poems have appeared in 580 Split, Epiphany, Exquisite Corpse, Harpur Palate, Jabberwock Review, Meridian, New York Quarterly, Sand Hills, Subtropics, The Journal, The Ocean State Review, The Southeast Review, and Verse Daily, among others.
He holds degrees in English with a focus on creative writing, including a B.A., summa cum laude, and an M.A. from The University of Southern Mississippi, an M.F.A. from New York University, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University, where he received the Academy of American Poets College Prize.
A former writer-in-residence for the Mississippi Arts Commission and the Valparaiso Foundation in Spain, Bailey has taught writing courses at Brown University, Florida State University, New York University, Tougaloo College, and elsewhere. He has also worked with arts-based coalition programs in Mississippi and New York, conducting workshops at The Forrest County Juvenile Detention Center, The Harrison County Adult Correctional Facility, The Ronald McDonald House, and St. Mary's Hospital for Kids. He lives in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
