Dag (spelled that way; pronounced like the animal) says he is half-Norwegian half-American. He’s lived most of his life in Norway and has come to the United States to pursue an education in English and creative writing. “My life philosophy is that if I leave at least one more smile in the world when I die than when I was born, I lived a good life. Unfortunately, most of my humor is puns so I mostly just leave roomfuls of groans.  I enjoy avoiding long walks on the beach, love to read a good book or watch a bad movie, and positively absolutely hate when people use the word ‘snickering’”.

He started writing when he was a young man of 13, and after a cringeworthy phase of terrible “Emo Poetry,” Dag decided that the world should suffer his half-baked creativity. To accomplish this, he dropped out of high school and worked for years as a chef, then hung up his hat when he realized that he was enjoying writing the menu descriptions more than cutting 800 potatoes an hour. A few trips across the pond and one hell of an essay later, here he is.

Some of Dag’s favorite words (in no particular order) are: Soil. Dirt. Bone. Teeth, fangs, sunder, crumble, thunder, almonds, tongue, skein, shriek, rasp, accel, soup, radish, green, eldritch, surrender, soak, veins, skew, vellum, leather, horse, thread, thimble, rumble, crescendo.

You can hear Dag read at the JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival Student Showcase from 1:30 – 2:30 PM on Saturday, October 13th at Women Writing for a Change, 1610 Osceola Street.