James Davis May

James Davis May is a poet who teaches creative writing at Young Harris College. He is the author of Unquiet Things (LSU Press, 2016), which was a finalist for the Poets' Prize. He won the Poetry Society of America's Cecil Hemley Memorial Award in 2016 and the 2024 Foley Poetry Prize. His collection My Lost Saints is listed as forthcoming from LSU Press in 2027. His work has appeared in the Cincinnati Review, where he is listed as managing editor on one miCRo page, and in Alaska Quarterly Review.