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Melissa Broder

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url

http://www.goodreads.com/melissabroder

born

August 29, 1979

gender

female

website

http://www.melissabroder.com

genre

Poetry, Religion & Spirituality, Women & Gender Studies

member since

June 2009

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Books by Melissa Broder

Average rating: 4.38 · 61 ratings · 23 reviews · 3 distinct works

	When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother 4.36 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Meat Heart 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Ampersand Volume 4 by Jason Cook, Donald Capone, Meg Pokrass, Melissa Broder (Goodreads Author) 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Melissa is currently reading:

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese

by Kenneth Rexroth

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May 29, 2012 06:57pm

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Melissa is currently reading: One Hundred Poems from the Chinese by Kenneth Rexroth	My rating:
May 29, 2012 06:57pm
Melissa liked J. A.'s review of Meat Heart: " The first time through I gave this book four stars, but it has grown on me in subsequent readings, and each new time through I see more and more, and I'd definitely recommend getting your hands on a copy. Interview at Monkeybicycle: http://monkeybi... " Read more of this review »
May 29, 2012 06:52pm · see review
Melissa liked Kevin's review of Meat Heart: " This crazed-eyed, funny stuff reminds me of Jennifer L. Knox a little bit, but with shorter lines. I am preparing myself for the nightmares that are sure to come of Melissa, floating outside my bedroom window at night, reading the poem, "Sharon Ta... " Read more of this review »
May 29, 2012 06:52pm · see review
Melissa liked Leigh Stein's review of Meat Heart: " This is an amazing collection: funny and weird and edible. "
May 29, 2012 06:52pm · see review
Melissa gave to: Snowflake / different streets by Eileen Myles	My rating:
Mar 26, 2012 05:24am
Melissa gave to: Flatscreen: A Novel by Adam Wilson read in March, 2012	My rating:
The reader is alive. I read Adam Wilson's FLATSCREEN. It was very funny and wet. Wilson is a writer who is not afraid to be wet and by wet I mean full of heart. What an imagination he has! It's hi-def Portnoy 8.0 -- bulleted, netflixed, skiied, domed...more
Mar 14, 2012 08:22am · see review
Melissa gave to: The Cow by Ariana Reines (Goodreads Author) read in March, 2012	My rating:
Mar 14, 2012 08:18am
Melissa marked as to-read: A Mike Kitchell Reader by M. Kitchell (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Feb 20, 2012 11:05am
Melissa gave to: The Wild Iris by Louise Glück read in February, 2012	My rating:
Feb 20, 2012 11:04am
Melissa gave to: Meat Heart by Melissa Broder (Goodreads Author) read in February, 2012	My rating:
FOR SAMPLE POEMS CHECK OUT: http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/three-p...
Feb 09, 2012 12:04pm · see review