Meagan Day is an American writer and journalist from Texas. Day is an editor at ''

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'', where she was previously a staff writer. She is the author of the book ''Maximum Sunlight'' (2016), and co-author of the book ''Bigger than Bernie'' (2020).

Life and career

Day was born in

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, and raised in

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. She received her bachelor's degree at

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, graduating in 2012. After working for '' The Believer'', and as a personal assistant to writer

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, she went on to earn her master's degree from Goldsmiths,

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in 2013. In 2016, Day released her non-fiction book ''Maximum Sunlight'', concerning the town of Tonopah, Nevada. The book features photographs from various locations in Tonopah taken by Hannah Klein. After working briefly at '' Mother Jones'', Day was hired at ''

'' in 2017 as a full-time staff writer. In 2020, along with co-author Micah Uetricht, Day published the book ''Bigger than Bernie: How We Can Win Democratic Socialism in Our Time.'' Day has described herself as a socialist, and is an active member of the

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