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Listed as:

Poet

Public address:

Mamaroneck, NY

New York US

Email:

melissajoplinhigley@gmail.com

Bio:

Melissa holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, co-founded and co-facilitates the Poetry Craft Collective, works as MER Book Reviews Co-Editor, and serves as the 2024-2026 Mamaroneck Author Laureate. She has traveled internationally as a sound engineer with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble and Disney’s The Lion King North American Tour, and she has worked as a trumpet teacher, yoga teacher, editor, manuscript reader, and writing consultant. Melissa lives near the sea in New York with her multi-generational family and four tuxedo cats.

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

In which languages are you fluent?:

English

Favorite authors:

Diane Seuss, Sharon Olds, Gwendolyn Brooks, Marie Howe, Virginia Woolf, Miranda July, Anne Carson, Lucille Clifton, Ilya Kaminsky, Ada Limon, Ellen Bass, W. S. Merwin, Mark Strand, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sylvia Plath, Ocean Vuong, C. Dale Young, Elizabeth Strout, Sherman Alexie, and many others...

Twitter/X:

@melissajhigley

Born in:

WA

Washington

RSS feed:

https://melissajoplinhigley.com/feed/ [2]

Website:

https://melissajoplinhigley.com [3]

Prizes won:

“Anticipatory Grief,” Grand Prize Winner, 90th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, 2021.

First Father (Bottlecap Press), Finalist, Lefty Blondie Press Inaugural Chapbook Prize, 2023.

“Starfish Bodies Aren’t Bodies At All,” Finalist, Lefty Blondie Press Inaugural Editor’s Choice Broadside Series, 2024.

Education:

Sarah Lawrence College

What I'm reading now:

Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf

The First Bad Man by Miranda July

Ariel by Sylvia Plath

Identifies as:

American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Children

Disability

Illness/Wellness

Naturalists/Environmentalists

Parents

Schools

Seniors

Teachers

Teenagers

Women