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Day Heisinger-Nixon

Day Heisinger-Nixon is a poet, interpreter, and translator. Raised in an ASL–English bilingual household in Fresno, CA, they hold an MA in Deaf Studies: Cultural Studies from Gallaudet University and are an MFA candidate in Creative Writing: Poetry at New England College. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Ugly Duckling Presse’s Second Factory, Apogee, Foglifter, Peach Mag, and elsewhere. Soon to be based in Arles, in the South of France, they can be found online @__day_lily__ and at dayheisingernixon.com.

Articles

Poetry
“Room, Room, Room, in the many Mansions of Eternal Glory for Thee and for Everyone” & “Publick Universal Friend Adopts a More Androgynous Appearance . . .”
Day Heisinger-Nixon

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