Adam Abramowitz grew up in Allston and Boston's South End, working as a courier, bartender, doorman, and longtime mover at Nick's Cheap and Friendly Moving Company. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, Adam currently teaches at the Amani Public Charter School in Mount Vernon, New York. He lives with his wife, the poet Adrienne Abramowitz, and their two children in Irvington, New York.