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Melissa Eleftherion

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Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. Born & raised in Brooklyn, she holds degrees from Brooklyn College, Mills College, and San Jose State University. They are the author of four poetry collections: field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), gutter rainbows (Querencia Press, 2024), Suture (Cooper Dillon, 2026), & Malocchia (White Stag, 2026), twelve chapbooks including abject sutures (above/ground press, 2024), & several books currently touring the rejection circuit. Her work has been widely published & featured in venues like Quarter after Eight, Sixth Finch, Entropy, & Barren Magazine. Melissa now lives in Northern California where she manages the Ukiah Branch Library, curates the L ...more

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I heard a voice coming up from the text

Friends, I’m by turns a whirlwind of self-doubt and anxieties, but I must announce the publication of my new poetry book. Suture is a collection of erasures of Flowers in the Attic & other books by V.C. Andrews, that works to excavate stuck traumas & shame to reclaim a narrative.

Suture aims to open a channel for the oppressed voice in the sub- & inter-textual space to sing and be heard. To b

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	gutter rainbows 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Guide to Autobiography 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Menacing Hedge: A Limited Edition Anthology for AWP 2017 by Kelly Boyker (Editor), Amanda Gowin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jasmine An (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Huminsect it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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