Adam Strong

About Me

Adam Strong has worn glasses since he was four. Adam Strong is a high school digital arts teacher, and a writer of short stories and poems. Adam Strong is currently entrenched in his first novel, Bella Vista. Adam Strong doesn't get much sleep.Adam Strong's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Intellectual Refuge, Our Portland Story, and Linden Avenue. Adam Strong has two children that make his jaw go funny when he sees them. Adam Strong is a proud member of Dangerous Writers in Portland, OR.

Offsite Stories:

Drama Days - published by Intellectual Refuge, April 2012.
http://www.intellectualrefuge.com/vol2/drama

Proper Grammar - published by The Rusty Nail, February 2012.

The Distance of Advice - published by NW Drizzle, February 2006.
http://nwdrizzle.com/drizzle/0602/as.html

Lost Among the Consonants - published by Linden Avenue, February 2013.
http://lindenavenue.tumblr.com/post/45142632727/issue-nine-archive

The Hunley - published by Intellectual Refuge, December, 2013
http://www.intellectualrefuge.com/vol5/hunley

Why do you write?

I write to put distance between myself and the themes that guide me. The more I write, the further I push, the more I get back to who I am.

Any favorite authors? Books?

Henry Miller, Tom Spanbauer, Lidia Yuknavitch, Cheryl Strayed, Monica Drake, Kassten Alonso, Michael Chabon, John Brandon, Adam Levin, Nick Flynn, Nick Hornby, Junot Diaz, Steven Milhauser, Margaret Malone, David Gates, Tim Winton, Kevin Moffett, Jonathan Lethem, Carter Sickels, Poe Ballantine.