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Melissa Dickey

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in New Orleans, The United States

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Poetry

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Melissa Dickey is the author of Dragons (2016) and The Lily Will (2011), both from Rescue Press. Cleveland State University will publish a third collection in 2023. Her work has appeared in Puerto del Sol, Columbia Poetry Review, jubilat, Kenyon Review Online, and elsewhere. She has received fellowships in writing from the Hermitage Artist Retreat, the James Michener Center, and the Iowa Board of Regents, and was also a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship.
Originally from New Orleans, she now lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband and four children. She teaches at an independent high school.

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	The Lily Will 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2011	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
	Dragons 4.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2016	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
	Ordinary Entanglement 4.36 avg rating — 11 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