Adam Hughes is a poet, writer, teacher, and performer living in Bedford, Virginia. Originally from central Ohio, he received an MFA in Creative Writing from Randolph College. Pluck (BOA Editions, 2025) is his fifth full-length poetry collection. In addition to his poetry, he is also the author of This Is Rugby, a non-fiction book about American rugby culture.

Adam has been a pastor, a hospice grief coordinator, a college professor, a rugby player, an actor, a director, and is currently a high school English teacher. Most importantly, he is a husband and a father. 

Should you Google him, he is not the Adam Hughes who draws provocative comic book covers of female superheroes. This particular Adam Hughes is less talented with a drawing pen. He can be found on Instagram @onwardrugby, on BluSky @adamhughespoetry, on tiktok @onwardonstage, and his personal website: adamhughesauthor.com